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  • People Ex Rel. Ruchty v. Saad

    411 Ill. 390 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 24, 1952

    Tennyson v. … He calls our attention to State Board of Equalization v. People ex rel. Goggin, 191 Ill. 528 , and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Cole, 75 Ill. 591 , which do not relate to the present subject in any way.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Tuohy v. Barrington Consolidated High School District No. 224

    396 Ill. 129 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 22, 1947

    Fiedler v. Eckfeldt, 335 Ill. 11 . In Keime v. … Leighty v. Young, 301 Ill. 67 , and People ex rel. Vick v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Morel v. Masalski

    333 Ill. 41 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 20, 1928

    by the assessor or the board of review. … The board of review and board of assessors had the right to change the assessment from year to year. ( People v. Keogh , 306 Ill. 323 ; People v. St. Louis Bridge Co. 281 id. 462 .)

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Morgan v. County of Dupage

    371 Ill. 53 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 15, 1939

    Cas. 1913(a) 312, and note; Board of Commissioners v. Hart, 37 L. R. A. (N. S.) 388, and note.) … (Parsons v. Breed, supra.)

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Joseph v. Pennsylvania Railroad

    18 Ill. 2d 61 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1959

    Little v. … Krapf v. Hayes, 13 Ill.2d 143 ; People ex rel. Bell v. New York Central Railroad Co. 10 Ill.2d 612 ; Petterson v. City of Naperville, 9 Ill.2d 233 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Frick v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.

    361 Ill. 470 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 24, 1935

    The county board is a body corporate, has a clerk and is required to keep a record of the proceedings. The record is the best evidence of its acts. (People v. … On the contrary, it disclosed that the levies were not approved by the county board. The levies were therefore void. People v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Co. supra; People v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Channon v. Westward Management, Inc.

    465 Ill. Dec. 721 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 28, 2022

    Board of Education of Chicago v. A, C & S, Inc., 131 Ill. 2d 428, 471 (1989) (quoting Sawyer Realty Group, Inc. v. Jarvis Corp., 89 Ill. 2d 379, 389 (1982)). … As this court observed in Board of Education v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Sweitzer v. Industrial Commission

    394 Ill. 141 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 21, 1946

    Simpson v. Punkhouser, 385 Ill. 396 ; Burke v. Industrial Com. 368 Ill. 554 .) … (Ashlock v. Ashlock, 360 Ill. 115 ; Pico v. Industrial Com. 353 Ill. 74 .)

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Gale v. Knopf

    193 Ill. 245 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1901

    We are also cited to Mette v. Feltgen, 148 Ill. 357 , where on page 867 this statutory rule of construction is quoted and applied. … (Trumbo v. People, 75 Ill. 561 ; Blake v. People, 109 id. 504; School Directors v. School Directors, 135 id. 464; Evans v. Lewis, 121 id. 478; Aldis v. South Park Comrs. 171 id. 424; People v. Knopf, 183 id. 410.)

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Sanitary District v. Gifford

    257 Ill. 424 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1913

    (Newell v. Bureau County, 37 Ill. 253 ; Sterling Gas Co. v. Higby, 134 id. 557.) … (State Board of Equalization v. People, 191 Ill. 528 ; People v. Bourne, 242 id. 61.)

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Harding v. Wiley

    284 Ill. 186 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 20, 1918

    (Reynolds v. Perry, 11 Ill. 534 ; Merrifield v. Western Cottage Piano and Organ Co. 238 id. 526; City of Chicago v. Lord, 281 id. 414, and cases cited.) … (People v. Pam, 276 Ill. 181 .)

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • City of Chicago v. Condell

    224 Ill. 595 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1906

    Board of Supervisors v. Magoon, 109 Ill. 142 ; Trustees of Schools v. School Directors, 88 id. 100; Commissioners of Drainage District v. Griffin, 134 id. 330; Hyslop v. Finch, 99 id. 171. … (Trustees of Schools v. School Directors, supra; Hyslop v. Finch, supra; 4 Ency. of PI. & Pr. 133.)

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Carver v. Sheriff of La Salle County

    203 Ill. 2d 497 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 6, 2003

    VII, § 4(c); Moy v. County of Cook, 159 Ill. 2d 519 (1994); see also Franklin v. … Accordingly, sheriffs answer to the electorate of the county from which they are elected, and not to the county board. See Ryan v. County of DuPage, 45 F.3d 1090, 1092 (7th Cir. 1995); Thompson v.

    Cited 117 timesPublished
  • Dexter v. Harrison

    146 Ill. 169 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 9, 1893

    Brown, was called to prove the speaking of the words alleged in the declaration. The witness testified: “Knew the parties. Had conversation with the defendant in October, 1889, on Dearborn street. … But if the witness had testified that he understood, from the language used by the defendant, that he was speaking of the plaintiff, under the rule established in Nelson v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • People v. Wells

    Illinois Supreme Court · May 29, 1998

    App. 3d at 698 (citing Quock T ing v. United States , 140 U.S. 417, 420-21 , 35 L. Ed. 501, 502 , 11 S. Ct. 733, 734-35 (1891) and People ex rel. Brown v. Baker , 88 Ill. 2d 81, 85 (1981)). … Brown , 88 Ill. 2d at 85 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • In Re Phelps

    55 Ill. 2d 319 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 25, 1973

    (Kazubowski v. Kazubowski, 45 Ill.2d 405 , cert. denied, 400 U.S. 926 , 27 L. Ed. 2d 186 , 91 S. Ct. 188 .) … Chicago Bar Ass’n v. Sherwin, 364 Ill. 350 ; People ex rel. Chicago Bar Ass’n v. Metzen, 291 Ill. 55 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Sumner v. Village of Milford

    214 Ill. 388 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1905

    The power of the president of the board of local improvements to appoint a commissioner to spread the special tax was upheld in the case of Village of Melrose Park v. … In Conlin v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Heed v. Industrial Commission

    287 Ill. 505 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1919

    (New York Central Railroad Co. v. Winfield, 244 U. S. 147 ; Erie Railroad Co. v. Winfield, id. 170 .) … (Bushnell v. Industrial Board, 276 Ill. 262 ; Conway Co. v. Industrial Board, 282 id. 313 .)

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Bradley v. Illinois State Reformatory

    148 Ill. 413 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1894

    Penear v. Commonwealth, 5 Wall. 475 ; Commonwealth v. Hitchings, 5 Gray, 482 ; Twitchell v. Commonwealth, 7 Wall. 321 ; Fox v. Ohio, 5 How. 434 . … Donnersberger v. Prendergast et al. 128 Ill. 229 , and authorities therein cited.

    Cited 106 timesPublished
  • Holly v. Montes

    Illinois Supreme Court · May 22, 2008

    Lewis E. v. Spagnolo, 186 Ill. 2d 198, 229 (1999). To obtain relief, a plaintiff must establish a clear right to mandamus. Noyola v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 179 Ill. 2d 121, 133 (1997). … Noyola v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 179 Ill. 2d 121, 136 (1997). B.

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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