Callister v. Kochersperger

Nov 1, 1897
Reporters:
,
Before:
Boggs
Mr. Justice Boggs

delivered the opinion of the court:

Courts of equity will interfere to restrain any substantial ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍departure from the terms of an ordinance in the performance of work thereunder, if applied to in apt time, while the work is in progress. If the work as performed ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍by the contractor is accepted by the city and the contractor settled with and paid, as is the case here, the remedy to be invoked by the property holder, if ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍the work is not done in substantial compliance with the provisions of the ordinance, is the writ of mandamus to compel the city authorities to complete the work as contemplated ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍by the ordinance. (Fisher v. People, 157 Ill. 85; People ex rel. v. Green, 158 id. 594.) An injunction will not be awarded in such case to restrain the collection of ‍‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍a special assessment, therefore the bill was obnoxious to the demurrer.

The decree is affirmed.

Decree affirmed.