Case law

Baird v. Community High School District No. 168

304 Ill. 526 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1922

(Osborn v. People, 103 Ill. 224 ; Keigwin v. Drainage Comrs. 115 id. 347 ; Shriver v. Day, 276 id. 403.) … Courts of equity will not enjoin such officers or boards from the performance of the functions of their office merely because they are not officers or boards de jure. Schofield v. Watkins, 22 Ill. 66 ; Metz v.

People Ex Rel. Lunn v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.

409 Ill. 505 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 24, 1951

Brecheisen v. Board of Review, 363 Ill. 106 ; Kimball & Co. v. O’Connell, 263 Ill. 232 ; Barkley v. Dale, 213 Ill. 614 .) … (Krimmel v. Eielson, 406 Ill. 202 ; Wilhelm v. Industrial Com. 399 Ill. 80 .)

People v. Evans

247 Ill. 547 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 21, 1910

Morgan, 90 Ill. 558 ; People v. Loeffler, 175 id. 585 ; People v, Raymond, 186 id. 407; Sherman v. People, 210 id. 552; People v. Chetlain, 219 id. 248. … The case of Kettles v. People, 221 Ill. 221 , is also in point.

People Ex Rel. Harding v. Bender

330 Ill. 446 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1928

In Crozer v. … the void increase of the board of review made in 1925, is sustained by the case of People v.

Williams v. Ragland

307 Ill. 386 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1923

Teufel, 213 Ill. 291 ; Leonard v. Burtle, 226 id. 422 ; Yess v. Yess, 255 id. 414 ; Snyder v. Steele, 287 id. 159; Abbott v. … In Compher v. Browning, 219 Ill. 429 , Appeal of Livingston, supra, was cited with approval.

Beenan v. People ex rel. Kraus

176 Ill. 620 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 21, 1898

The question, however, is not whether the board possesses corporate powers, and if so, what are their precise limitations, for, as said in Board of Water Commissioners v. … See, also, McGurn v.

Schwarm v. George Thomson & Sons Co.

281 Ill. 486 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1917

Forschner & Co. v. Industrial Board, 278 Ill. 99 ; Goclitz Co. v. Industrial Board, id. 164 . … Industrial Board, id. 70 ; Parker-Washington Co. v. Industrial Board, id. 498.)

Faber v. Industrial Commission

352 Ill. 115 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1933

(Chicago Cleaning Co. v. Industrial Board, 283 Ill. 177 .) It should be given a practical construction and should not be made to depend upon fine-spun theories, based upon scientific technicalities. (Juergens Bros. … (Gay v. Ballou, 4 Wend. R. 403; Preto v. Brown, 4 Mass. R. 675 ; Cooper v. Martin, 4 East. R. 77; Tubb v. Harrison, 4 Term R. 118; 2 Kent’s Com. 192.)

Sweeney v. Max A. R. Matthews & Co.

46 Ill. 2d 64 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 22, 1970

(Brown v. Williams Manufacturing Co., 45 Ill.2d 418 .) … The defendant was certainly entitled to have the jury properly instructed on this issue (Brown v. Williams Mfg.

People v. Smith

Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 22, 2010

In People v. Brown, 388 Ill. App. 3d 104, 112-14 (2009), the Third Division rejected Ellison’s holding. … Brown, 388 Ill. App. 3d at 113.

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. People ex rel. Smith

218 Ill. 463 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 20, 1905

People, 98 Ill. 350 ; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway Co. v. Goar, 118 id. 134; Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. v. People, 129 id. 571; People v. State Board of Equalization, 205 id. 296; People v. … (Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. v. People, 99 Ill. 464 ; Wabash Railroad Co. v. People, 196 id. 606 .)

People v. Alvine

Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 26, 1996

People v. Bush, 157 Ill. 2d 248, 254 (1993). … People v. Brown, 169 Ill. 2d 132, 169 (1996); People v. Porter, 168 Ill. 2d 201, 215 (1995).

Cothran v. Ellis

125 Ill. 496 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 9, 1888

(Collamer v. Day, 2 Vt. 144 ; Amory v. Gilman, 2 Mass. 1 ; Babcock v. Thompson, 3 Pick. 446 ; Carrier v. Brannan, 3 Cal. 328 .) … Goold, 91 Ill. 15 ; Bridge Co. v. Comrs. of Highways, 101 id. 518; Capen et al. v. De Steiger & Co. 105 id. 185; Edgerton v. Weaver et al. id. 43; Baird et al. v. Trustees of Schools, 106 id. 657; Brown v.

Bazydlo v. Volant

164 Ill. 2d 207 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1995

See Pullen, 138 Ill. 2d at 53 ; Goble v. Board of Education of Iuka Community Consolidated School District No. 7 (1980), 83 Ill. App. 3d 284 . … Brown v. Baker (1981), 88 Ill. 2d 81, 85 ; Kelly v. Jones (1919), 290 Ill. 375, 378 .

Whittaker v. Village of Venice

150 Ill. 195 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 5, 1894

(Comrs. v. Griffin, supra.) … Co. v. Whipple, 22 Ill. 105 ; Rue v. City of Chicago, 66 id. 256).

Downey v. Grimshaw

410 Ill. 21 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 21, 1951

Stat. 1949, chap. 24, par. 73-4,) is unconstitutional as being an unlawful delegation of legislative power, on the authority of Welton v. Hamilton, 344 Ill. 82 , and Speroni v. Board of Appeals, 368 Ill. 568 . … Hamilton, 344 Ill. 82 , to the granting of variations by a board of appeals. The case of Speroni v. Board of Appeals, 368 Ill. 568 , was an appeal from the refusal of the board of appeals to grant a variation.

Talbott v. Thompson

350 Ill. 86 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 22, 1932

(Alexander v. Shaw, 344 Ill. 389 ; Haley v. Reidelberger, 340 id. 154; Kelly v. Brown, 310 id. 319; Clarke v. Bettenhausen, 296 id. 373; Strubinger v. Ownby, 290 id. 380; Dennison v. Astle, 281 id. 441; Rottner v. … (Flowers v. Kellar, 322 Ill. 265 ; Humphrey v. Perry, 310 id. 373 ; Choisser v. York, 211 id. 56; People v. Cicott, 16 Mich. 283 ; Attorney General v. May, 99 id. 538; Russell v. McDowell, 83 Cal. 70 ; Heyfron v.

Gaddis v. Richland County

92 Ill. 119 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1879

See Schuyler County v. The People, 25 Ill. 181 ; Marshall County v. Cook, 38 id. 45; Clarke v. Board of Supervisors, 27 id. 305; Force v. Town of Batavia, 61 id. 99, and Harding v. Rockford, Rock Island and St. … In the case of Marshall County v. Cook, supra, the county court acted in ordering the election when the power was vested in the board of supervisors.

Bickerdike v. City of Chicago

203 Ill. 636 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1903

(Clarke v. City of Chicago, 185 Ill. 354 ; Bass v. City of Chicago, 195 id. 109.) In the Clarice case it is said: “Statutes delegating the power to levy taxes or assessments must be construed strictly. … (Webster v. People, 98 Ill. 343 .)

People v. McDaniel

164 Ill. 2d 173 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1995

(People v. Reid (1990), 136 Ill. 2d 27, 56 .) … Brown were hearsay and were properly excluded from evidence on that ground.