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CITY OF CHICAGO v. STURGES

No. 39.

222 U.S. 313 (1911)

32 S.Ct. 92

56 L.Ed. 215

CITY OF CHICAGO v. STURGES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Beckwith and Mr. Joseph F. Grossman, with whom Mr. William H. Sexton, Mr. Edward J. Brundage and Mr. Robert N. Holt were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Almon W. Bulkley, Mr. Frank J. Loesch, Mr. James Stillman and Mr. Timothy J. Scofield submitted, the court having declined to hear counsel for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

The only question under this writ of error is as to the validity of a statute of the State of Illinois entitled "An Act to indemnify the owners of property for damages occasioned by mobs and riots." Laws of 1887, p. 237.

The defendant in error recovered a judgment against the city under that statute, which was affirmed in the Supreme Court of the State. 237 Illinois...

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