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  • People ex rel. McDonough v. New York Central Railroad

    356 Ill. 67 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1934

    (Porter v. Loehr, 332 Ill. 353 ; McCann v. Retirement Board, 331 id. 193; People v. Hanson, 330 id. 79.) … In People v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. 321 Ill. 499 , a school tax which was not levied until after the time required by the statute was held to be uncollectible. To the same effect is People v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Tom Olesker's Exciting World of Fashion, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.

    61 Ill. 2d 129 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 24, 1975

    In Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co., 45 Ill.2d 418 , an action was brought against a manufacturer alleging injuries from an “unreasonably dangerous” design in a trenching machine. … In Kohler v. Woollen, Brown & Hawkins, 15 Ill.

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  • City of Chicago v. Central National Bank

    5 Ill. 2d 164 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1955

    And a plan approved by the board does not become effective until it is adopted by the city council. … In this respect the status and functions of the board resemble those of a board of local improvements, a zoning commission or a planning commission.” (People v. City of Chicago, 3 Ill. 2d 539 .)

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  • Vance v. Rankin

    194 Ill. 625 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1902

    (Wikel v. Board of Comrs. of Jackson County, 120 N. C. 451 .) … (Hartung v. People, 22 N. Y. 95 ; Hubbard v. State, 2 Tex. App. 506; Atwell v. Grant, 11 Md. 104 ; United States v. Peggy, 1 Cranch, 103 ; Mayor of Annapolis v. Maryland, 30 Md. 112 .) In Musgrove v. V. & N. R. R.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Swain v. Stewart

    267 Ill. 29 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1915

    Per Curiam : This was a petition for a writ of mandamus against appellants, the board of directors of school district No. 40, in Morgan county, Illinois, filed in the circuit court of that county, to compel said board to … That question has been considered and passed upon by this court in Cook v. Board of Directors of School District No. 80, 266 Ill. 164 , where the statute was held constitutional. That decision controls here.

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  • Superior Coal Co. v. E. R. Darlington Lumber Co.

    236 Ill. 83 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 26, 1908

    In Southern Fire Brick and Clay Co. v. … And in Brown v.

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  • Galbraith v. Littiech

    73 Ill. 209 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1874

    In the cases of Nealy v. Brown, 1 Gilm. 10 , Ferris v. Ward, 4 Gilm. 499 , and Dumoss v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Taylor v. Krupp

    14 Ill. 2d 36 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 21, 1958

    County Board of School Trustees, 6 Ill.2d 320 ; People ex rel. Groff v. … Perrine v. Bisch & Son, 409 Ill. 175 ; First National Bank v. Village of South Pekin, 371 Ill. 605 ; Gross v. People ex rel. Cheffer, 95 Ill. 366 .

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  • Wright v. Cudahy

    168 Ill. 86 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 1, 1897

    The judgment dismissing the bill as to said Hutchinson and others was affirmed by this court in Wright v. Hutchinson, 156 Ill. 575 . … (Holman v. Johnson, Cowp. 343.)

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  • Simmons v. Garces

    198 Ill. 2d 541 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 25, 2002

    Brown v. Baker, 284 Ill. App. 3d 401, 406 (1996). Plaintiffs made no such objection here. Moreover, plaintiffs’ counsel elicited testimony on this issue from Dr. Given on direct examination. … Schaffner v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co., 129 Ill. 2d 1, 22 (1989). This instruction is warranted only if “there was no reasonable excuse for failure to produce the evidence.” Brown v. Moawad, 211 Ill.

    Cited 278 timesPublished
  • Franzese v. Trinko

    66 Ill. 2d 136 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1977

    Citing a number of authorities (Sandman v. Marshall Field & Co., 27 Ill. App. 3d 427 ; Brown v. Burdick, 16 Ill. App. 3d 1071 ; Quirino v. Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc., 10 Ill. App. 3d 148 ; Ray v. … This line of decisions stems from Tidwell v. Smith, 57 Ill.

    Cited 116 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Kassabaum v. Hopkins

    106 Ill. 2d 473 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 24, 1985

    Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Property Tax Appeal Board (1984), 102 Ill. 2d 443, 459 . Sections 27a and 43 of the Revenue Act of 1939 (Ill. Rev. … (Doran v. Cullerton (1972), 51 Ill. 2d 553 .)

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  • City of Chicago v. Gillen

    222 Ill. 112 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1906

    Per Curiam : The two controlling questions in this case, namely, the jurisdiction of the court and the waiver of notice by appellee, are conclusively settled by the case of Powell v. Bullis, 221 Ill. 379 . … The trial board and civil service commission, in the absence of such notice, were without authority to hear or determine the charges, and the judgment must be affirmed notwithstanding the other questions urged by appellants

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Walker v. Montgomery

    249 Ill. 378 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1911

    (Walker v. Montgomery, 236 Ill. 244 .) On September 3, 1909, a decree in the cause was entered in the circuit court, from which complainant again appealed. … (Steere v. Hoagland, 50 Ill. 377 ; Murphy v. Loos, 104 id. 514 ; Deimel v. Brown, 136 id. 586; Felt v. Bell, 205 id. 213.)

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  • Howlett v. Doglio

    402 Ill. 311 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1949

    Co. v. Brown, 334 Ill. App. 579 ; Klopp v. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 281, 309 Ill. App. 145 ; Hyba v. C. A. Horneman, Inc. 302 Ill. App. 143 .) … As observed in Sharpley v. Brown, 43 Hun. (N.Y.) 374, “This cause of action was unknown to the common law, and cannot be made analogous to other actions.”

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  • Howe v. City of Chicago

    224 Ill. 95 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 23, 1906

    People ex rel. v. Sherman, 83 Ill. 165 ; Pearce v. Village of Hyde Park, 126 id. 287 ; Gage v. City of Chicago, 143 id. 157; Vane v. City of Evanston, 150 id. 616; Parker v. Village of LaGrange, 171 id. 344; Gray v. … Pagan v. City of Chicago, 84 Ill. 227 ; English v. City of Danville, 150 id. 92; Vane v. City of Evanston, supra; City of Chicago v. Wilson, 195 Ill. 19 ; Ton v. City of Chicago, 216 id. 331.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Easton v. Altum

    2 Ill. 250 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1836

    In the Supreme Court of New York, in the case of Pixley v. … And the same Court, in the case of Jenkins ex dem Culver v. Brown, (2) permitted the plaintiff, to amend a venire, by adding a seal, saying, that the omission of a seal was erroneous, and not void, and may be amended.

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  • W. Scheidel Coil Co. v. Rose

    242 Ill. 484 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1909

    (Ohio and Mississippi Railway Co. v. People, 123 Ill. 467 ; People v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. 120 id. 48.) … The capital stock, corporate name and organization, board of directors, officers and managers of such new corporation will be such as may be determined by the articles of consolidation.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Harvey v. Aurora & Geneva Railway Co.

    174 Ill. 295 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jul 22, 1898

    The board of supervisors, after due consideration, granted the prayer of the petition. … In Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Co. v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Stevenson v. Baker

    347 Ill. 304 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1932

    (Clarke v. Bettenhausen, 296 Ill. 373 ; Rottner v. Buchner, 260 id. 475 .) … (Isenburg v. Martin, 293 Ill. 408 ; Hodgson v. Knoblauch, 268 id. 315; Brents v. Smith, 250 id. 521; Arnold v. Keil, 252 id. 340; Winn v. Blackman, 229 id. 198.)

    Cited 16 timesPublished

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