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  • Tyler v. Bailey

    71 Ill. 34 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1873

    See The People v. Brown, 67 Ill. 435 . In this respect, their power differs from that of individuals or corporations.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Brugger v. Joseph Academy, Inc.

    Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 21, 2002

    Ragan v. … Moreover, the academy’s board is comprised solely of members acting in their individual capacities. No governmental entity or public official acting in an official capacity is represented on the board.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Fisher v. Milmine

    94 Ill. 328 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1880

    Board of Education v. Greenbaum, 39 Ill. 609 ; Pinkard v. Milmine et al. 76 id. 453.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Downey v. Lawley

    377 Ill. 298 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1941

    (Wickes v. Walden, 228 Ill. 56 ; Francis v. Wilkinson, 147 id. 370; Guild v. Hull, 127 id. 523.) … Compher v. Browning, 219 Ill. 429 ; Sheer v. Sheer, supra. In this case the testator, as we have pointed out, received the will from the scrivener on the evening before the day on which it was executed.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad Co. v. Belleville City Railway Co.

    158 Ill. 390 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 16, 1895

    Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Co. v. Peoria and Farmington Railway Co. 105 Ill. 110 ; Brown v. Calumet River Railway Co. 125 id. 600; Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co. v. … Chicago and Evanston Railroad Co. 112 id. 589; Ward v. Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Co. 119 id. 287.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Gillespie v. Barrett

    368 Ill. 612 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1938

    (Del.) 415,) or accept a position as auditor of a State board of prison directors, (Chenoweth v. Chambers, 33 Cal. App. 104 , 164 Pac. 428 ,) or as a district attorney. (Satterwhite v. Garrison, 34 Cal. … Elliott, 62 Colo. 46 , 156 Pac. 216 ,) or to accept a position as auditor for a board of railroad commissioners. (State v. Hawkins, 79 Mont. 506 , 257 Pac. 411 .)

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. McDonough v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad

    357 Ill. 493 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 17, 1934

    People v. Wiggins Ferry Co. ante, p. 173; People v. St. Louis Bridge Co. ante, p. 245; People’s Gas Light Co. v. Stuckart, 286 Ill. 164 ; People v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 355 id. 605; People v. … Board of Review, 329 id. 388; People v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. 300 id. 399. The full fair cash market value of the objector’s property in Cook county as found by the tax commission was $5,810,860.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Mason v. Bloomington Library Ass'n

    237 Ill. 442 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1908

    And in Coit v. … And in Johnson v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Gooch v. Green

    102 Ill. 507 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1882

    This was followed by Kuchenbeiser v. … Brown v. Hogle, 30 Ill 119; Story’s Eq. Pleadings, sec. 443. It appears from the allegations of the bill, that in the partition decree six-sevenths of the lands were decreed to Henry W.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • People v. Howard

    228 Ill. 2d 428 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 17, 2008

    See Chicago Bar Ass’n v. Illinois State Board of Elections, 161 Ill. 2d 502, 508 (1994); Burritt v. Commissioners of State Contracts, 120 Ill. 322, 328 (1887). … Armstrong v. Huggins, 407 Ill. 157, 174 (1950), quoting Perkins v. Board of County Commissioners, 271 Ill. 449, 471 (1916).

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp.

    63 Ill. 2d 128 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 29, 1976

    In Reed v. … In Harrington v. Hartman (1967), 142 Ind.

    Cited 1,497 timesPublished
  • Cadwell v. Meek

    17 Ill. 220 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1855

    Ev. 133; Lowber v. Shaw, 5 Mason R. 242 ; McGumnagle v. Thornton, 10 Serg. and Raw. R. 252; Harvey and Claxton v. Sweasy, 4 Humph. R. 450; Christy v. Smith, 23 Verm't R. 670. … R. 450; Shiras v. Morris et al., 8 Cow. R. 60. Sage v. Sherman, &c., 25 Wend. R. 430, and Emerton v. Andrews, 4 Mass.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Gray v. City of Joliet

    287 Ill. 280 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1919

    (Price v. City of Elgin, 257 Ill. 63 ; Donahue v. Village of LaGrange, 263 id. 607; Village of Park Ridge v. Robinson, 198 id. 571; Conway v. City of Chicago, 237 id. 128.) … Price v. City of Elgin, supra.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • In re Commitment of Simons

    Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 2004

    Historically, this court has applied an across-the-board abuse of discretion standard when reviewing Frye rulings. See, e.g. , Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Co. , 199 Ill. 2d 63, 76 (2002); People v. … See People v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • The People v. N.Y. C. R. R. Co.

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

    Loehr , 332 Ill. 353 ; McCann v. Retirement Board , 331 id. 193; People v. Hanson , 330 id. 79.) The county court was in error in sustaining the objection to this tax. … 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 1 timesPublished
  • Tribune Co. v. Thompson

    345 Ill. 439 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 23, 1931

    As to the third question it was said in Tribune Co. v. … (Murphy v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Co. 247 Ill. 614 .)

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • The People v. Davolio

    349 Ill. 153 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1932

    (People v. Selknes, 309 Ill. 113 .) When objection is made to an instruction the error must be pointed out. (People v. Priddy, 327 Ill. 50 .) … People v. Vickers, 326 Ill. 290 ; People v. Gabrys, 329 id. 101.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Eastman v. Chicago & Iowa Railroad

    315 Ill. 128 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1924

    In each of the above towns the board of town auditors met officially on the first Tuesday of September, 1923, and consented that the highway commissioners in the respective towns levy an additional sixteen cents per $100 … For the reasons given in People v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 314 Ill. 339 , the objection should have been overruled.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Exchange Nat. Bk. of Chicago v. County of Cook

    6 Ill. 2d 419 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 23, 1955

    In numerous zoning. cases, typified by Langguth v. Village of Mount Prospect, 5 Ill. 2d 49 , Northern Trust Co. v. City of Chicago, 4 Ill. 2d 432 , People ex rel. Joseph Lumber Co. v. … City of Chicago, 402 Ill. 321 , and Anderman v.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.

    60 Ill. 2d 295 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 24, 1975

    General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corp. v. Brown, 35 Ill. App. 2d 43, 52 ; Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., 79 Ill. App. 2d 457, 462 ; Midwest Contractors Equipment Co. v. … App. 2d 134, 140 ; Schomas v. Farmers Automobile Ass’n, 14 Ill. App. 3d 598, 601 .

    Cited 40 timesPublished

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