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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 timesPublished273 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 timesPublished96 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublished185 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 timesPublishedSherlock 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 timesPublished316 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 timesPublishedSupervisors 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 timesPublished313 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 timesPublishedCarpenter 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 timesPublished126 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 timesPublished213 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedWestern 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 timesPublished288 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 timesPublished102 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 timesPublishedThe 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedPeople 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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