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  "name": "Addyston Pipe and Steel Company v. City of Chicago, H. J. Jones, Comptroller of the City of Chicago, M. J. Bransfleld, Treasurer of the City of Chicago",
  "name_abbreviation": "Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. City of Chicago",
  "decision_date": "1895-04-04",
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  "first_page": "273",
  "last_page": "274",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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      "cite": "45 Ill. 133",
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    "parties": [
      "Addyston Pipe and Steel Company v. City of Chicago, H. J. Jones, Comptroller of the City of Chicago, M. J. Bransfleld, Treasurer of the City of Chicago."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Shepard\ndelivered the opinion of the Court.\nThis was a'proceeding in chancery instituted by the appellant herein to reach, by a creditor\u2019s bill, certain funds in the hands of the 'city of Chicago due to Michael J. Joice, and apply them to the satisfaction of a judgment appellant had recovered against him; the judgment being for labor and material (certain water pipe) furnished Joice, and used by him under a-contract he had entered into with the city.\nA general demurrer to the amended bill ivas interposed by the co-defendants, the city of Chicago, its comptroller and its treasurer, and was sustained and the bill dismissed, the bill having been dismissed as to the principal defendant on motion of the complainant. The bill was properly dismissed.\nThe principles laid down in Merwin v. Chicago, 45 Ill. 133, are as applicable to proceedings against municipalities by creditor\u2019s bills as by garnishment.\nThe judgment of the Superior Court will be affirmed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Shepard"
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    "attorneys": [
      "' John T. Barker, attorney for appellant.",
      "Byron Boyden, attorney for appellees; John Mayo Palmer, corporation counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Addyston Pipe and Steel Company v. City of Chicago, H. J. Jones, Comptroller of the City of Chicago, M. J. Bransfleld, Treasurer of the City of Chicago.\n1. Creditor\u2019s Bill\u2014Does Not Die Against a Municipality.\u2014A creditor\u2019s bill does not lie against a municipal corporation having in its possession money due to a contractor, for the purpose of subjecting such money to the payment of his debts.\nCreditor\u2019s Bill.\u2014Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Submitted at the March term, 1895.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 4, 1895.\n' John T. Barker, attorney for appellant.\nByron Boyden, attorney for appellees; John Mayo Palmer, corporation counsel."
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