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  • Town of Cicero v. Skinner

    220 Ill. 82 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1906

    Cody v. Town of Cicero, 203 Ill. 322 ; Town of Cicero v. Green, 211 id. 241. … Town of Cicero v. Green, supra. Fourth—The last item of which complaint is made is an interest item of $1617.32 upon installment warrants. In Town of Cicero v.

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  • Kanerva v. Weems

    2014 IL 115811 · Illinois Supreme Court · Aug 26, 2014

    Chicago Bar Ass’ n v. State Board of Elections, 136 Ill. 2d 513, 526-27 (1990). … Board of Trustees of the Judges Retirement System, 107 Ill. 2d 158, 163 (1985); Kraus v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund, 72 Ill.

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  • People ex rel. Lebo v. Illinois Central Railroad

    256 Ill. 589 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1912

    The board of town auditors and assessor of this town consented, in writing, to this additional levy. … (ante, p. 286,) People v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Co. (ante, p. 423,) and People v. Chicago Great Western Railroad Co. (ante, p. 414.) The judgment of the county court will be afiirmed.

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  • The People v. C.B. Q.R.R. Co.

    386 Ill. 114 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1944

    Wangelin v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 361 Ill. 590 ; Thompson v. … Heaton v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 295 Ill. 408 ; People ex rel. Davis v.

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  • People Ex Rel. Romano v. Krantz

    13 Ill. 2d 363 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1958

    Burgess v. Wilson, 15 Ill. 388 . (See also, People ex rel. Hoyne v. McCormick, 261 Ill. 413 .) … City of Detroit v. Gould, 12 Ill.2d 297 ; Lindburg v. Zoning Board of Appeals, 8 Ill.2d 254 . In our opinion section 1 of article IX of the Township Organization Act does not apply to justices of the peace.

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  • Uptown National Bank v. Puris

    17 Ill. 2d 547 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1959

    (Northwestern Institute of Chiropody v. Thompson, 386 Ill. 615 ; Hackner v. Van Wyck, 381 Ill. 622 .) The cited authorities, together with Leffler v. Browning, 14 Ill.2d 225 , Village of Lansing v. … Poole v. Tucker, 13 Ill.2d 154, 156 ; Layton v. Layton, 4 Ill.2d 241, 243 .

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  • People v. Williams

    147 Ill. 2d 173 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 17, 1991

    Defendant also alleged that Rene Brown would testify that defense counsel had never called him to testify, despite that Brown was a pertinent witness who had uncovered “startling” evidence. … (See People v. Morgan (1986), 112 Ill. 2d 111, 146 .) Relying upon California v. Brown (1987), 479 U.S. 538 , 93 L. Ed. 2d 934 , 107 S.

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  • Zeigler v. People ex rel. Kern

    156 Ill. 133 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 1, 1895

    As to the first objection, see Browning v. City of Chicago, 155 Ill. 314 . The second objection is evidently urged under a misapprehension as to the requirement of section 35, chapter 24, of the Revised Statutes. … As to the third objection, see Stanton v. City of Chicago, 154 Ill. 23 , West Chicago Street Railroad Co. v. People ex rel. 155 id. 299, and Young v. People ex rel. id. 247.

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  • City of Centralia v. Knowlton

    311 Ill. 248 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1924

    City of Olney v. Baker, 310 Ill. 433 . … City of Dixon v. Atkins, 298 Ill. 494 ; City of Chrisman v. Cusick, 290 id. 297. Appellees rely upon People v. Kaul, 302 Ill. 317 .

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  • Iowa Central Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Vernon

    156 Ill. 373 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 15, 1895

    Co. v. … Co. v.

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  • Hickox v. City of Springfield

    208 Ill. 28 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1904

    The estimate of the cost of the said improvement as made by the city engineer was $12,350.50, and the board of local improvements passed a resolution to grant the prayer of the petition. … Staude v. Schumacher, 187 Ill. 187 Judgment affirmed.

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  • Highway Commissioners of Rutland v. Highway Commissioners of Dayton

    60 Ill. 58 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1871

    See Commissioners of Highways, etc. v. Harper, 38 Ill. 103 ; Commissioners of Highways, etc. v. The People, 38 Ill. 347 . … In the case of The King v.

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  • Lee v. Chicago Transit Authority

    152 Ill. 2d 432 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 22, 1992

    VanDemark, Stanley V. Bychuck and George J. Brown, of counsel), Chicago, for appellee. Stephen J. Mattson and Lee Ann Conti, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Telephone Association. … The uneven surface of the boards, also known as "cattle boards," makes it impossible for cattle and difficult for persons to walk atop them.

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  • Divilbiss v. Whitmire

    20 Ill. 425 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1858

    Townsend et al. v. Griggs, 2 Scam. R. 366; Montgomery et al. v. Brown et al., 2 Gilm. R. 584.

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  • Chandler v. Illinois Central Railroad

    207 Ill. 2d 331 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 2, 2003

    Epstein v. Chicago Board of Education, 178 Ill. 2d 370, 383 (1997). … Miller v. S.S. Kresge Co., 306 Ill. 104, 106 (1922); Illinois Steel Co. v. Ostrowski, 194 Ill. 376, 385 (1902); see also Gallagher Corp. v. Russ, 309 Ill. App. 3d 192, 197 (1999); Browning v.

    Cited 111 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Carrell v. Bell

    237 Ill. 332 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1908

    (State v. South Penn Oil Co. 42 W. Va. 80 ; Kansas Natural Gas Co. v. Board of Commissioners, 89 Pac. Rep. (Kan.) 750; Kitchen v. Smith, 101 Pa. St. 452; Jones v. Wood, 54 Ohio St. 627 .) … Appellants contend that the board of review improperly assessed the entire mining right to appellants.

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  • City of Chicago v. Churchill Cabinet Co.

    379 Ill. 351 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1942

    On the date alleged in the complaint, it had on its premises more than 5000 board feet. … (People v. Fox, 294 Ill. 263 ; People v. Butler Street Foundry Co. 201 id. 236; 1 Lewis’ Sutherland on Stat.

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  • People Ex Rel. Fyfe v. Barnett

    319 Ill. 403 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1925

    (Calkins v. Calkins, 216 Ill. 458 .) … In Uphoff v. Industrial Board, 271 Ill. 312 , it is said: “The intention of the law-makers is the law.

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  • James v. Frantz

    21 Ill. 2d 377 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 15, 1961

    What was said in Forster v. Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. 266 Ill. 287, 298 , is relevant here. … Here the delay must be considered in conjunction with another circumstance, — the death of Brown, —which would seriously prejudice the appellee in defending against appellant’s claim.” See also Pyle v.

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  • People Ex Rel. Shipton v. Dunleith & Dubuque Bridge Co.

    322 Ill. 99 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1926

    In the case of People v. … (Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Co. v. People, 123 Ill. 467 ; Chicago Title and Trust Co. v. Zinser, 264 id. 31; People v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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