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  • Fry v. Morrison

    159 Ill. 244 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 17, 1896

    Dickie v. Carter, 42 Ill. 376 ; Canatsey v. Canatsey, 130 id. 397 ; Crowley v. Crowley, 80 id. 469 . … Gorham v. Dodge, 122 Ill. 528 ; Brown v. Pitney, 39 id. 468; Woolley v. Schrader, 116 id. 29; Wilbanks v. Wilbanks, 18 id. 17; Stunz v. Stunz, 131 id. 210; Cowdrey v. Hitchcock, 103 id. 262.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Donnersberger v. People ex rel. Bennett

    293 Ill. 148 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1920

    (Stonington v. States, 31 Conn. 213 ; Striker v. Mott, 6 Wend. 465 ; Waters v. Randall, 8 Metc. 132 ; Jordan v. Dennis, 7 id. 590; Gray v. Thrasher, 104 Mass. 373 ; Sullivan v. … LaCrosse Steam Packet Co. 10 Minn. 386 ; Cooper v. American Central Ins. Co. 3 Colo. 318 ; Filley v. Cody, 4 id. 109; Mitchell v. Kennedy, 1 Wis. 806 ; Skinner v. Beshoar, 2 Colo. 385 .)

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Bond v. Moore

    236 Ill. 576 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 26, 1908

    (Barlow v. Barnard, 51 N. J. Eq. 620; Brown v. Quintard, 177 N. Y. 75 .) It must be such as to leave no hesitation in the mind of the court and permit no other reasonable inference. (Connor v. Gardner, 230 Ill. 258 .) … The same principle was followed in the cases of Brown v. Quintará, supra, and Barlow v. Barnard, supra.

    Cited 80 timesPublished
  • The People v. Meyers

    397 Ill. 286 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 22, 1947

    Montgomery, 377 Ill. 241 ,) it is necessary to state in the judgment the name of the crime, or so describe it that it can be identified by the warden or the Parole Board. (People v. Langford, 392 Ill. 584 ; People v. … (People v. Rusk, 348 Ill. 218 ; People v. Fulimon, 308 Ill. 235 ; People v. Petrie, 294 Ill. 366 .)

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Cloud v. Greasley

    125 Ill. 313 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1888

    Baker v. Rockabrand, 118 Ill. 365 ; Cooley, impleaded, v. Scarlett, 38 id. 316; Penn v. Lord Baltimore, 1 Ves. Sr. 444; Massie v. Watt, 6 Crunch, 148; Brown v. Desmond, 100 Mass. 267 . … Walker v. Locke, 5 Cush. 90 ; Slack v. Black, 109 Mass. 496 ; Ahrend v. Odiorne, 118 id. 268; Farnham v. Clements, 51 Maine, 426; Randall v. Howard, 2 Black, (U. S.) 585. And, in principle, to like effect is Walker v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Swift v. People ex rel. Ferris Wheel Co.

    33 L.R.A. 470 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1896

    The validity of this statute and the reasonableness of such ordinances were very fully considered in the case of People v. Cregier, 138 Ill. 401 , and sustained. … (Schwuchow v. City of Chicago, 68 Ill. 444 .) As we said in People v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Wayman v. Cowan

    247 Ill. 357 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 21, 1910

    of the lessor, and that this proceeding is instituted and prosecuted in the sole interest and at the sole request and expense of the Chicago Open Board of Trade. … In the collateral proceeding of Imperial Building Co. v. Chicago Open Board of Trade, 238 Ill. 100 , dhe charter here in question was held to be invalid. In People v.

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  • McManus v. McDonough

    107 Ill. 95 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 10, 1883

    (See Commissioners v. Baumgarton, 41 Ill. 254 .) There is no evidence that they ever so acted. … No resolution of the board was produced in evidence showing that question was ever before or acted upon by the board, and it co'uld not be bound by an agreement of the different members not acting as a corporate body.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Dunavan v. Industrial Commission

    355 Ill. 444 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1934

    (Tribune Co. v. Emery Motor Livery Co. 338 Ill. 537 ; Peabody Coal Co. v. Industrial Com. 287 id. 407; Rosenthal v. Board of Education, 239 id. 29). … Blodgett v. Blodgett, 343 Ill. 569 ; Kudla v. Industrial Com. 336 id. 279; Merkel v. Woodside, 333 id. 489; Miller v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 327 id. 103; Dunlap v. Myers, 325 id. 398; Larson v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Northern Trust Co. v. Village of Wilmette

    220 Ill. 417 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1906

    In the case of Hewitt v. … In the case of Morrison v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Eschmann v. Cawi

    357 Ill. 379 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1934

    (Duncan v. Duncan, 23 Ill. 306 ; Fry v. Morrison, 159 id. 244; Newhall v. Newhall, 280 id. 199.) The fact that a purported will was not duly attested does not militate against the effectiveness of the codicil. … (Brown v. Riggin, 94 Ill. 560 .)

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Henderson v. Palmer

    71 Ill. 579 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1874

    Bothwell v. Brown, 51 Ill. 234 . It has been held to be compounding a felony where a person receives a note signed by a party guilty of larceny, as a consideration for not prosecuting him. Commonwealth v. … In the case of Collins v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • People v. American Life Insurance

    267 Ill. 504 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1915

    Walker v. Welch, 14 Ill. 277 ; Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Co. v. Robson, 204 id. 254. … Co. v. People, 200 Ill. 619 , Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. People, 209 id. 42, and People v. Commercial Life Ins.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Wells v. Bourdages

    193 Ill. 328 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1901

    (Chicago Edison Co. v. Moren, 185 Ill. 571 .) … (Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. Sobkowiak, 148 Ill. 573 ; Chicago Edison Co. v. Moren, supra.)

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • President of Keithsburg v. Frick

    34 Ill. 405 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1864

    Keithsburg, ■while acting under the general incorporation law, had no authority either to take stock in a railroad company or to hold an election to vote on that question; that any subscription made by the town through its board … Johnson v. Stark County, 24 Ill. 75 ; Perkins et al. v. The President and Trustees, &c., id. 208 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • People v. Smith

    2014 IL 115946 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 8, 2015

    People v. … Edwards, 2012 IL 111711, ¶¶ 26-27 (citing Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 2012 IL 112566, ¶ 24; 2A Norman J. Singer & J.D.

    Cited 225 timesPublished
  • Springer v. Borden

    154 Ill. 668 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1895

    In Kelso v. Kelly, 1 Daly, (N. … In Viany v. Ferran, 54 Barb. 529 , a similar question arose and the same doctrine was announced. See, also, Coles v. Peck, 96 Ind. 333 ; Lowe v. Brown, 22 Ohio St. 463 ; Durham, v. Bradford, L. R. 5 Ch. App. 518.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Miller v. Craig

    36 Ill. 109 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1864

    In the case of Aiman v. Stout, 42 Penn. … This court said, in the case of Van Horn v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Matson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

    316 Ill. 482 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1925

    Paul Railway Co. v. Walsh, 150 Ill. 607 ; Olds v. North Chicago Street Railroad Co. 165 id. 472; People v. Kuhn, 291 id. 154.) … Louis Railway Co. 314 id. 455; People v. Wabash Railway Co. 314 id. 432; People v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 314 id. 339; People v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 314 id. 373; People v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Kemp v. Humphreys

    13 Ill. 573 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1852

    Benedict v. Lynch, 1 Johns. Ch. Rep. 370 ; Smith v. Brown, 5 Gilm. 314 . The only question is, is time of the essence of the contract, and did the parties so intend?

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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