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  • Lyman v. City of Chicago

    211 Ill. 209 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1904

    Heinroth v. Kochersperger, 173 Ill. 205 ; Field v. Village of Western Springs, 181 id. 186. … (Gage v. People, 207 Ill. 61 , and cases cited; Thompson v. People, id. 334.)

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Tenney v. Foote

    95 Ill. 99 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 18, 1880

    Carr v. Miner, 92 Ill. 604 . See, also, to same effect, Hayward v. Merrill, 94 Ill. 349 , and Hewitt v. The Board of Education, etc., id. 528. 2d. There seem to be two satisfactory answers to the second error assigned. … Wolf et al. v. Mills, 56 Ill. 360 ; Loomis et al. v. Barker, 69 id. 360 ; Schwabacker et al. v. Riddle, 84 id. 517; Durant v. Rogers, 87 id. 508; Castle et al. v. Bullard, 23 Howard (U. S.) 172.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Darnell v. Woodward

    285 Ill. 165 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1918

    (People v. Militzer, 272 Ill. 387 ; People v. Crews, 245 id. 318; People v. Lease, 248 id. 187; Bishop v. People, 200 id. 33; West Chicago Park Comrs. v. Sweet, 167 id. 326; West Chicago Park Comrs. v. … We are considering the constitutionality of so organizing in the same territory two boards of directors with the same or similar powers. It was said by this court in Russell v.

    Cited 12 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
  • People Ex Rel. Harding v. Morris

    338 Ill. 335 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1930

    The board of assessors assessed the property as vacant. The board of review assessed the improvement at $400,000, full value. It is stipulated that this is an original assessment of $400,000 on the building. … (People v. Shortall, 287 Ill. 150 .) To sustain the burden Claude W.

    Cited 5 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
  • Zbinden v. Bond County Community Unit School District No. 2

    2 Ill. 2d 232 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1954

    (Siedschlag v. May, 363 Ill. 538 .) … (Sibley v. Staiger, 347 Ill. 288 ; Tuthill v. Rendelman, 387 Ill. 321 .)

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Bahde v. Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad

    231 Ill. 125 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1907

    The certificate of the commissioners was as follows: “State op Illinois, 1 Fayette County, v ss. Town of Hurricane. ) Board of Commissioners of Highways of the Town of Hurricane. … (People v. Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway Co. 213 Ill. 503 ; St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Co. v. People, 224 id. 155 ; Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Co. v. People, 226 id. 557 .)

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Astle v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.

    315 Ill. 536 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1925

    This court held, after a full consideration of that question, in the case of People v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 314 Ill. 339 , and also in the case of People v. … The board therefore acted without jurisdiction, and its act was void and conferred no authority for the levy of such additional tax. People v. Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Co. 314 Ill. 352 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • People v. Nere

    2018 IL 122566 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 5, 2019

    See, e.g., People v. Brown, 169 Ill. 2d 132, 152 (1996); People v. Gacho, 122 Ill. 2d 221, 244 (1988); People v. Brackett, 117 Ill. 2d 170, 176 (1987); People v. … In Brown, the defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Brown, 169 Ill. 2d at 138.

    Cited 45 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. McDonough v. Schmuhl

    359 Ill. 446 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 15, 1935

    (People v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. 300 Ill. 399 ; Board of Supervisors v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. 44 id. 229.) … An allegation that the board of review acted in a summary manner by refusing to hear evidence does not, alone, constitute a charge of fraud. (People v. Goldberg, 354 Ill. 423 .)

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Spangler v. Indiana & Illinois Central Railway Co.

    21 Ill. 276 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1859

    The Society for the propagation of the Gospel v. The Town of Pawlet and Ozias Clark, 4 Peters R. 480; McIntire v. Preston, 5 Gilm. R. 58, and cases there cited. … It is indispensable that assessments should have been made by an order of the board of directors, and the subscribers duly notified. Barret v. Alton and Sangamon R. R. Co., ante.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Gutknecht v. Chicago Regional Port District

    4 Ill. 2d 363 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1954

    (Wilson v. Board of Trustees, 133 Ill. 443 ; Sanitary District v. Ray, 199 Ill. 63 ; Kocsis v. Chicago Park Dist. 362 Ill. 24 ; People v. Chicago Transit Authority, 392 Ill. 77 .) In People ex rel. Greening v. … Stead v. Board of Supervisors, 223 Ill. 187 , and People ex rel. Gullett v. McCullough, 254 Ill. 9 .”

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Natt v. Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District

    407 Ill. 436 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1950

    Christensen v. Board of Education, 393 Ill. 345 . … Roche v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Hopkins v. People ex rel. Chestnut

    174 Ill. 416 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 24, 1898

    No such power is conferred on the board of town auditors and none can be implied. (Town of Kankakee v. Kankakee and Indiana Railroad Co. 115 Ill. 88 ; Williams v. Town of Roberts, 88 id. 11; Cooper v. … (School Directors v. Fogleman, 76 Ill. 189 ; Fisher v. People, 84 id. 491; Comrs. of Highways v. Newell, 80 id. 587.)

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Miller v. People

    183 Ill. 423 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1899

    (People v. Evans, 18 Ill. 361 ; Holmes v. Fihlenburg, 54 id. 203.) … Bell v. People, 1 Scam. 397 , has been cited as an authority by defendants in error.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Ridgley v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad

    350 Ill. 217 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 22, 1932

    Under that act county boards sometimes refused to levy taxes to pay judgments against the county on the ground, apparently, that they did not deem such tax “advisable.” (See Supervisors Rock Island County v. … People v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. 295 Ill. 191 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Morgan v. National Trust Bank

    331 Ill. 182 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1928

    Extrinsic evidence is never admissible to alter, detract from or add to the terms of a will. ( Fuller v. Fuller , 315 Ill. 214 ; Brown v. Ray , 314 id. 570; Pool v. Pool , 300 id. 557.) … Board of Home Missions , 259 Ill. 288 ; Woman's Missionary Society v. Mead , 131 id. 338 .) The evidence of the conversation with the testator did not make a new will or change any of its provisions.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • City of Mattoon v. Stump

    414 Ill. 319 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1953

    In Vennum v. … City of Chicago v. Illinois Malleable Iron Co. 293 Ill. 109 ; City of Lewistown v. Baldwin, 314 Ill. 564 ; City of Hoopeston v. Smith, 272 Ill. 604 ; City of Chicago v. Huleatt, 276 Ill. 466 ; City of Alton v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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