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  • Miller, Watt & Co. v. O'Connell

    251 Ill. 260 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 4, 1911

    In The Hub v. … In People v. National Box Co. 248 Ill. 141 , and People v. Lewy Bros. Co. 250 id. 613, it was held that the capital stock of manufacturing and mercantile corporations should be assessed by the local assessors.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • County of Lake v. Westerfield

    273 Ill. 124 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1916

    Thompson v. Board of Trustees, 30 Ill. 99 ; Town of Cicero v. Hall, 240 id. 160 ; Town of Cicero v. Grisko, id. 220 . … (Shelton v. State, 53 Ind. 331 ; State v. Walsen, 17 Col. 170 ; Renfroe v. Colquitt, 74 Ga. 618 ; Commonwealth v. Godshaw, 92 Ky. 435 ; Malloy v. County Comrs. 10 N. M. 638.) In Shelton v. State and Commonwealth v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Union Trust Co. v. Weber

    96 Ill. 346 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 2, 1880

    In the case of Thatcher v. … In the case of Pacific Hotel Co. v. Lieb, 83 Ill. 602 , it was held that there could be no presumption of dereliction of duty by the Board of Equalization.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Graff v. Wabash Railway Co.

    286 Ill. 15 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1918

    The proposition for the levy of a-tax-was carried and the board levied the tax in question for $36,000. . . r ... … The county board has no inherent power to levy taxes, and the constitution does not authorize any tax by a county board but the. authority to levy depends upon legislation. (Booth v. Opel, 244 Ill. 317 .)

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Scott v. Kerner

    32 Ill. 2d 539 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 4, 1965

    Broomell v. Board of Election Commissioners, 343 Ill. 66 .) … Broomell v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Sellars v. Barrett

    185 Ill. 466 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 17, 1900

    The board of review may make such alterations in the description of real or personal property as it shall deem necessary,” etc. In People v. … In Allwood v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Sherlock v. Village of Winnetka

    68 Ill. 530 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1873

    The objection that the bonds are illegally made payable at a bank in Chicago, does not invalidate them, as was held in the case of Johnson v. Stark County, 24 Ill. 75 . … And this was but the construction of a boarding house for the accommodation of students from abroad for boarding and lodging.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • The People v. Tate

    316 Ill. 52 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1925

    This court held in People v. Barnes, 314 Ill. 140 , and in People v. … Beasley v. People, 89 Ill. 571 . ■ The judgment and sentence in this case will have to be reversed for error in the Instructions.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Supervisors of Marshall County v. Cook

    38 Ill. 44 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1865

    Schuyler County v. The People, 25 Ill. 181 ; Supervisors of Hancock County v. Clark, 27 Ill. 305 ; Fulton County v. Mississippi and Wabash Railroad, 21 Ill. 373 , and The People v. Tazewell County, 22 Ill. 147 . … Schuyler County v. The People, 25 Ill. 181 ; Supervisors of Hancock County v. Clark, 27 Ill. 305 .

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Hoier v. Kaplan

    313 Ill. 448 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1924

    (Sebree v. Sebree, 293 Ill. 228 ; City of Park Ridge v. Murphy, 258 id. 365 ; People v. Vogt, 262 id. 170.) … (Rittenhouse & Embree Co. v. Brown & Co. supra.)

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • Carpenter v. Sangamon Loan & Trust Co.

    229 Ill. 486 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 23, 1907

    —O’Mahoney v. Burdett, above cited; 2 Jarman on Wills, chap. 49.” In Summers v. … In Kohtz v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • In Re Powell

    126 Ill. 2d 15 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1988

    The lawsuit (Nelson v. Wohl (Cook Co. Cir. Ct.), No. 78 — CH—8350) was assigned to Judge Holzer. On December 22, 1978, respondent entered his appearance for Wohl and also filed an answer and counterclaim. … (See People v. Tosch (1986), 114 Ill. 2d 474, 482 .)

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Jones v. City of Chicago

    213 Ill. 92 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1904

    In support of this objection reliance is placed upon the cases of Bickerdike v. City of Chicago, 203 Ill. 636 , and Kilgallen v. City of Chicago, 206 id. 557. Neither of these cases is in point. … The statute requires that the first report of the board shall describe the proposed improvement, but it is not necessary that it should do so with minuteness. (Walker v. City of Chicago, 202 Ill. 531 .)

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Bailey v. Illinois Central Railroad

    407 Ill. 426 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1950

    People v. Deatherage, 401 Ill. 25 , and Kocsis v. … (Sommers v. Patton, 399 Ill. 540 ; People ex rel. McDonough v. Mills Novelty Co. 357 Ill. 285 .) In short, apart from constitutional prohibitions, the authority to levy taxes is purely statutory.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Western Theological Seminary v. City of Evanston

    325 Ill. 511 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1927

    In City of Chicago v. … (Ruhstrat v. People, supra; Bailey v. People, 190 Ill. 28 ; Bessette v. People, 193 id. 334; People v. City of Chicago, 261 id. 16; Catholic Bishop v. Village of Palos Park, 286 id. 400.)

    Cited 82 timesPublished
  • Village of Winnetka v. Taylor

    288 Ill. 624 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1919

    The cases of City of Waukegan v. Lyon, 253 Ill. 452 , and City of East St. Louis v. Davis, 233 id. 553 , cited by appellants, were cases where the original estimate exceeded $100,000. In the case of Kerfoot v. … While it is true, as was said by this court in City of Nokomis v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Seager v. Kankakee County

    102 Ill. 669 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 12, 1882

    The statute authorizes the granting of licenses by the county boards to keep dram-shops only upon the application, by petition, of a majority of the legal voters of a town. … This very question we had occasion to consider in the recent case of The City of Chicago v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • The People v. Elmwood Cemetery Co.

    317 Ill. 547 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1925

    (First Congregational Church v. Board of Review, 254 Ill. 220 ; Catholic Knights v. Board of Review, 198 id. 441; Bloomington Cemetery Ass’n v. People, 170 id. 377; Rosehill Cemetery Co. v. Kern, 147 id. 483; People v. … (Oak Ridge Cemetery Corp. v. Tax Com. supra.) The method of valuation of the capital stock used by the board cannot be reviewed here. There is no showing that it was not done according to law.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Kastning v. Militzer

    301 Ill. 284 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1921

    (People v. Militzer, 272 Ill. 387 .) … (Hollowbush v. McConnel, 12 Ill. 203 .)

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Mitchell v. Engle

    313 Ill. 483 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1924

    People v. Benton, 301 Ill. 32 ; People v. Chynoweth, 301 id. 65 ; People v. Edvander, 304 id. 400. • "Compact,” as defined by the late decisions of this court, means concentrated, or close or near to a certain center. … (People v. Young, 301 Ill. 67 ; People v. Kirkham, 301 id. 45; People v. Cowen, 306 id. 330; People v. Crawford, 310 id. 205.) These decisions have now become the settled law of this State.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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