Case law

City of Chicago v. Carpenter

201 Ill. 402 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1903

(People v. Walsh, 96 Ill. 232 ; West Chicago Park Comrs. v. McMullen, 134 id. 170; McCormick v. South Park Comrs. 150 id. 516.) In People v. … In Adcock v.

B. W. Sales Co. v. Industrial Commission

35 Ill. 2d 418 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 23, 1966

It was not of sufficient voting strength that he could elect himself to the board of directors or president. … We are mindful of the language used by Justice Holmes in Klein v. The Board of Supervisors, 282 U.S. 19, 24 , 75 L. Ed. 140 , wherein it was said: “But it leads nowhere to call a corporation a fiction.

Prickett v. People

88 Ill. 115 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1878

Madison county,” as employed in this bequest, means the poor of the county in a technical sense,—that is, those poor people whom the county is legally liable to support, as has been decided by this court in Heuser et al. v. … , he charged himself with this fund, which statements were approved by said county board.

Chicago, Pekin & Southwestern Railroad v. Raymond

97 Ill. 212 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 26, 1880

capital stock for the years 1873 and 1874, in the counties of Woodford, LaSalle, Livingston and Tazewell, and also so much of the tax as was levied upon the increased valuation of the tangible property made by the State Board … See The Pacific Hotel Co. v. Lieb et al. 83 Ill. 602 ; Huck et al. v. Chicago and Alton Railroad Co. 86 id. 352; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. v. Sides, 88 id. 32.

Engelthaler v. Engelthaler

196 Ill. 230 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 16, 1902

(Decker v. Decker, 121 Ill. 341 ; Kurtz v. Hibner, 55 id. 514; Williams v. Williams, 189 id. 500). … (Hunt v. Hort, 3 Brown’s Ch, 312; Wigram on Wills, p. 179). A testamentary beneficiary has no equity against the heir, and this is one reason why a court of chancery will not undertake to rectify a mistake in a will.

Cooper v. McClun

16 Ill. 435 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1855

Chapman v. Shattuck, 3 Gil. R. 49. … Brown and Ives v. Minturn and Champlin, 2 Gallison R. 557.

People v. Culver

304 Ill. 566 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1922

(People v. Keener, 194 Ill. 16 .) The burden of showing that it is illegal or unjust is upon him who would avoid the tax. … Appellee cites Tolman v. Raymond, 202 Ill. 197 . That case is to be distinguished from the case at bar.

In re Marriage of Verdung

126 Ill. 2d 542 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 2, 1989

Lord v. Hubert (1957), 12 Ill. 2d 83, 87 ; People v. Estep (1955), 6 Ill. 2d 127, 128 ; Brown v. VanKeuren (1930), 340 Ill. 118, 121-22 ; Rock Island Bank & Trust Co. v. Stauduhar (1978), 59 Ill. App. 3d 892, 902 . … See also Brown v. VanKeuren (1930), 340 Ill. 118, 121-22 (defendant was not served but was a witness and participated in litigation of the case); Rock Island Bank & Trust Co. v. Stauduhar (1978), 59 Ill.

People v. Dolgin

6 Ill. 2d 109 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 20, 1955

(People v. Brown, (Ill.) (not reported) ; People v. Heirens, 4 Ill. 2d 131 ; Jennings v. Illinois, 342 U.S. 104 .) The petition here is clearly within this bar. … Barrett v. Bradley, 391 Ill. 169 ; People v. Mundro, 326 Ill. 324 . The judgment of the criminal court of Cook County is reversed, and it is ordered that the original sentence of that court be reinstated and restored.

In re Alexander

146 Ill. 2d 83 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 21, 1991

A panel of the Hearing Board (Board) determined that there were no facts tending to show that respondent, at the time he made the loan, knew that he was violating the Code, or that he intended to receive any direct benefit … On October 18, 1982, during the pendency of the loan, a lawsuit, Greenspan v. Schmitt, was filed in the circuit court of Cook County.

Russell v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Co.

205 Ill. 155 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 26, 1903

(Fisk v. Town of Havana, 88 Ill. 208 ; Littler v. Gity of Lincoln, 106 id. 353 ; Jordan v. City of Chenoa, 166 id. 530; Village of Augusta v. Tyner, 197 id. 242; Willey v. People, 36 Ill. App. 609 .) … Littler v. City of Lincoln, supra; Jordan v. City of Chenoa, supra.

The People v. Fries

42 Ill. 2d 446 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 28, 1969

Moore v. County Board of School Trustees, 10 Ill.2d 320 , and cases collected therein. The classification of motorcyclists separately from operators of other vehicles has a reasonable basis. … (Chicago Real Estate Board v. City of Chicago, 36 Ill.2d 530 .) However, “The legislature may not, of course, under the guise of protecting the public interest, interfere with private rights.” People v.

Eberhart v. Greenberg

231 Ill. 79 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1907

Brown in one of the courts of record in said county against said Harris E. Hurlbut, whereupon said Charles A. … In the cases of Martin v. Duncan, 156 Ill. 274 , and Clark v. Harper, 215 id. 24, there is language found which corresponds substantially with that found in appellant’s seventeenth instruction.

Northwestern Traveling Men's Ass'n v. Schauss

148 Ill. 304 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1893

Thus, in Illinois Order Mutual Aid v. Besterfield, 37 Ill. App. 522 , and Hansen v. … No action by the board of directors having that end in view is shown.

Streams Sports Club, Ltd. v. Richmond

99 Ill. 2d 182 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1983

In Mathis v. … Supp. 765 ; Rodruck v. Sand Point Maintenance Com. (1956), 48 Wash. 2d 565 , 295 P.2d 714 ; Kell v.

People ex rel. Garrison v. Keys

310 Ill. 198 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1923

(People v. Young, 301 Ill. 67 , and 309 id. 27.) The validating act does not apply unless the territory involved is compact and contiguous, (People v. Militzer, 301 Ill. 284 ; People v. … (People v. Exton, 303 Ill. 47 ; People v. Opie, 304 id. 521.) The question of the applicability of the curative act of 1921 is therefore not by this record presented to this court for consideration.

The People v. Stacker

322 Ill. 232 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1926

(People v. Solomon, 265 Ill. 28 ; Perkins v. Board of County Comrs. 271 id. 449.) … (Public Service Co. v. Recktenwald, supra; People v. Nelson, 133 Ill. 565 ; People v. McBride, 234 id. 146; Manaster v. Kioebge, 257 id. 431; Perkins v. Board of County Comrs. supra; Sutter v.

Harris v. Jenks

3 Ill. 475 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1840

Browne, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court: (1) This was a suit brought before a justice of the peace in and for Warren county, by Benjamin C. Jenks against John Harris, for $96,88. … In the case of Hugunin v.

People ex rel. City of Kewanee v. Kewanee Light & Power Co.

262 Ill. 255 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1914

In Doane v. … In People v.

Central Illinois Light Co. v. Home Insurance

213 Ill. 2d 141 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 2, 2004

Citizens Utility Board, 166 Ill. 2d at 121 . … Utility Board, 166 Ill. 2d at 124 ).