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CITY OF CHICAGO v. BEYTHEL OUTCAST CHURCH

No. 1-06-1724.

873 N.E.2d 469 (2007)

The CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEYTHEL OUTCAST CHURCH, n/k/a Beth-El All Nation Church of God in Christ; Reverend Edgar Jackson; and Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, 1534-40 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60629, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

July 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Chicago (Mara S. George, Benna Ruth Solomon, Myriam Zreczny Kasper, Julian N. Henriques, Jr., of counsel), for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellees.

Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the City of Chicago (City), appeals from the trial court's dismissal of the City's amended complaint against defendants, Beythel Outcast Church and Reverend Edgar Jackson (Church), for lack of jurisdiction over the City as a defendant. On appeal, the City asserts the trial court erred in ruling that the City needed to name itself as a defendant in its own complaint. We reverse.

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