Allendorf v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

Decided March 22, 1956. George Washington Bristow wrote the opinion for the court.

133 N.E.2d 288 · Cited 76 times

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• Chase v. Fitzgerald · 45 A.2d 789
• Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kelly · 241 U.S. 485
• Turrietta v. Wyche · 212 P.2d 1041
• Mares v. New Mexico Public Service Co. · 82 P.2d 257
• Johnson v. City of Santa Fe · 290 P. 793
• Miller v. Southern Pacific Co. · 117 Cal. App. 2d 492
• Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Cornett · 106 So. 242
• Lavender v. Kurn · 327 U.S. 645
• Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland · 227 U.S. 59
• Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. Putnam · 118 U.S. 545
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Walters · 294 U.S. 405
• McKnett v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. · 292 U.S. 230
• Hall v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · 125 N.E.2d 77
• Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Leslie · 238 U.S. 599
• Bonnier v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 119 N.E.2d 254
• Crane v. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad · 233 Ill. 259
• Starck v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · 4 Ill. 2d 611
• Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. McMoy · 73 So. 2d 85
• Giles v. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. · 72 F. Supp. 493

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• Lee v. Chicago Transit Authority · 605 N.E.2d 493
• Elliott v. Willis · 442 N.E.2d 163
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• Baird v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 349 N.E.2d 413
• McCrossen v. Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co. · 208 N.W.2d 148
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Daugherty · 157 S.E.2d 880
• Muir v. Haggerty · 314 P.2d 948
• Bourguet v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad · 334 P.2d 1107
• American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Bourland · 65 Ill. App. 3d 977
• AMERICAN NAT'L BK. & T. CO. v. Bourland · 382 N.E.2d 1380
• Schaffner v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. · 541 N.E.2d 643
• Caley v. Manicke · 182 N.E.2d 206
• Jardine v. Rubloff · 382 N.E.2d 232
• Guthrie v. Van Hyfte · 222 N.E.2d 492
• Gregory v. Gregory · 321 N.E.2d 122

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