Case law

Oliver v. Oliver

313 Ill. 612 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1924

Nevertheless, the positive testimony of the attesting witnesses clearly establishes the facts that the will was duly executed by the testatrix and that she was competent to execute the same. … It was simply and clearly the duty of the probate court, and of the circuit court on appeal, to hear evidence under the well established rules for probating a will and to either admit it to probate or deny probate of it,

People v. Deleon

227 Ill. 2d 322 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 25, 2008

As defined by Webster’s, “entitle” means “to qualify (one) for something.” Webster’s Third New International Dictionary 758 (1993). Similarly, Black’s defines “entitle” as “to *** qualify for.” … Clearly, defendant was “qualified for” an extended-term sentence, as he stood convicted of murdering a seven-year-old girl.

Fisher v. People

23 Ill. 283 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1860

If the legislature intended that they should be such judges, they must have supposed that they were competent and qualified to decide all legal questions arising in the progress of the trial. … In this case the court had fully, clearly and unmistakably instructed the jury, that they were the judges of the law and fact, and that if he instructed contrary to the law it would be error, and the instruction complained

Scales v. McMahon

364 Ill. 413 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 14, 1936

A fully qualified handwriting expert testified that the signature was genuine. Some of the defendants who testified and who were entirely familiar with McMahon’s handwriting did not deny its genuineness. … The record clearly and sufficiently proves an express trust, which requires no particular form and may be established through letters, memoranda or other writings of the most informal nature. Fox v. Fox, 250 Ill. 384 .

Methodist Medical Center v. Ingram

82 Ill. 2d 511 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1980

Mary’s indicates approximately 30% of its patients are given emergency care, although how many of these qualify for aid to the medically indigent is not disclosed. … In our judgment the scope of the State’s police power clearly encompasses the power to impose on hospitals licensed by it conditions reasonably designed to promote public health and safety.

Ferguson v. Miles

8 Ill. 358 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1846

Inman, 3 Scam. 28 , was not intended to establish a different rule. It is contended that the Court improperly excluded the deed of the 11th of May, 1843. We perceive no error in that decision. … If it was necessary, in order to sustain the plaintiff’s title, this case would come clearly within the doctrine of relation.

O'Connor v. High School Board of Education

288 Ill. 240 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1919

The constitution requires that all elections shall be free and equal, which means that the vote of every qualified elector shall be equal in its influence with that of every other one. (People v. … In 1882 Evanston high school was established as a high school for Evanston township under the act of 1879.

Butzow v. Kern

264 Ill. 498 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 6, 1914

Section 32 is as follows: “All officers provided for in this article shall hold their offices' until their successors shall be qualified, and they shall, respectively, reside in the division, circuit, county or district for … The salaries fixed under section 25 of article 6 of the constitution were established in view of the allowance and retention of the fees, and it is manifest that great injustice would result from now giving to the constitution

Chicago Title & Trust Co v. Friedland

304 Ill. 248 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1922

Webber, an attorney at law in Decatur, was named in the will as executor but refused to qualify as such. … Moreover, it also clearly appears from the record that Mrs.

The People v. Albers

360 Ill. 73 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1935

To establish that the confessions met all legal- requirements the People placed witnesses on the stand, one of whom was Sergeant Gibbons. … However, the evidence falls far short of establishing the existence of a mob, as that term is generally understood.

People v. Marquez

152 Ill. 2d 381 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1992

The legislature did not subsequently enact legislation that would clearly preclude the grand jury from issuing such subpoenas. … Rodgers (1982), 92 Ill. 2d 283, 289 ) and to establish the probable cause necessary for the arrest of suspected felons (Phillips v. Graham (1981), 86 Ill. 2d 274, 284 ). No citizen is immune from a grand jury subpoena.

Voss v. Chicago Park District

392 Ill. 429 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1946

The statute provided that no. subscription should be made unless a majority of the qualified voters of the city or county should vote in favor thereof. … Both of these propositions were clearly in violation of the statutory provision providing for a vote on one single purpose, only. In Springfield & Illinois Southeastern Railway Co. v.

The PEOPLE v. Harrison

26 Ill. 2d 377 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 30, 1962

The foundation was clearly insufficient, the objection well taken and the stipulation cannot be considered. However, in the view we take of the case, the ruling on the stipulation is not reversible error. People v. … There was no evidence of any analysis of the white powder by a qualified chemist.

People v. McLaurin

443 Ill. Dec. 618 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 19, 2020

She concurred with the majority, however, that the evidence in this case did not establish defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Id. ¶ 35. … The court noted that she testified “clearly and plainly and without impeachment that she saw a firearm, and that the defendant was the person holding that firearm.”

Town & Country Utilities, Inc. v. Illinois Pollution Board

Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 22, 2007

The Board consists of seven technically qualified members. 415 ILCS 5/5(a) (West 2002). … She admitted that she was not qualified as an engineer to testify on landfill design.

People v. McKown

236 Ill. 2d 278 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 19, 2010

We have established a clear framework for the exercise of such discretion. … Whether the testifying witness is qualified to give the scientific testimony is a separate question.

Hudnall v. Ham

48 L.R.A. 557 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1899

We have carefully considered all of the evidence, and cannot avoid the conclusion, reached also by the court below, that she has not sustained this burden, but has failed to establish the allegations of her cross-bill that … and make it read, “When there is no widow who has not released or who is not barred or estopped by contract the estate shall descend,” etc., the Hudnalls could be declared the heirs; but we have no authority to add to or qualify

Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Village of Lombard

19 Ill. 2d 98 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1960

The first witness was John Ainlay, the executive secretary of the Central Region Committee on Public Affairs of the American Petroleum Institute, who qualified as an expert in the chemistry of petroleum products. … It exempts from its requirements businesses already established, and, in operation and effect, tends to promote monopoly.

Gill v. Boston Store of Chicago, Inc.

337 Ill. 70 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 19, 1929

health department, the board of education or other local school authority, stating that the minor has been thoroughly examined by the physician at the time of his application for an employment certificate and is physically qualified … Clearly, the appellee’s unlawful employment was the proximate cause of his injury. It not only occurred in the course of his employment but arose out of it.

In Re Estate of Donovan

409 Ill. 195 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 22, 1951

The burden of proof that the widow accepted the rents under the provisions of the will is upon appellants, and they have failed by their proof to establish that fact.” Similarly, in Stone v. … Admittedly, Donovan served as coexecutor from the date he qualified in this capacity.