CITY OF CHICAGO HTS. v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

Nos. 31384, 31385, 31386.

406 Ill. 428 (1950)

94 N.E.2d 306

THE CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Appellant, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Appellee. — Same Appellant v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellee. — Same Appellant v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH J. McGRANE, Corporation Counsel, and RUSSELL & BRIDEWELL, both of Chicago Heights, (JOHN A. COOK, and MAURINO R. RICHTON, of counsel,) for appellant.

ECKHART, KLEIN, McSWAIN & CAMPBELL, of Chicago, and JOHN H. WATERS, of New York, N.Y., (JOHN NEAL CAMPBELL, of counsel,) for appellee Western Union Telegraph Co.; MITCHELL, CONWAY & BANE, of Chicago, (STEPHEN A. MITCHELL, CHARLES A. BANE, ADDISON L. GARDNER, JR., WALTER M. FOWLER, CHARLES E. BROWN, and THOMAS J. RUSSELL, of counsel,) for appellee Public Service Company of Northern Illinois; SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & SMITH, of Chicago, (KENNETH F. BURGESS, LESLIE N. JONES, HOWARD NEITZERT, GEORGE A. RANNEY, JR., and HENRY A. PRESTON, of counsel,) for appellee Illinois Bell Telephone Co.


Decrees affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

During the month of October of 1948, three separate complaints in chancery were filed by the city of Chicago Heights, a municipal corporation, in the superior court of Cook County, against each of the named corporate defendants, seeking an accounting, and relief at law by mandamus and to recover fees and penalties under an old ordinance...

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