State Supreme Court / Ill.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. City of Joliet

Decided September 15, 1875. Benjamin R. Sheldon wrote the opinion for the court.

79 Ill. 25 · Cited 68 times

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Yates v. Milwaukee · 77 U.S. 497
Indiana Central Railway Co. v. State · 3 Ind. 421

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Schien v. City of Virden · 126 N.E.2d 201
City of Chicago v. Sawyer · 166 Ill. 290
City of Joliet v. Werner · 166 Ill. 34
Town of Mattoon v. Elliott · 259 Ill. 72
City of Spring Valley v. Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway Co. · 277 Ill. 313
Hickey v. Illinois Central Railroad · 220 N.E.2d 415
City of Quincy v. Sturhahn · 165 N.E.2d 271
Sears v. City of Chicago · 247 Ill. 204
Maywood Co. v. Village of Maywood · 118 Ill. 61
People ex rel. Beardsley v. City of Rock Island · 215 Ill. 488
Russell v. City of Lincoln · 200 Ill. 511
People ex rel. Friend v. Wieboldt · 233 Ill. 572
City of Sullivan v. Tichenor · 179 Ill. 97
People ex rel. Village of Colfax v. Maxon · 139 Ill. 306
People ex rel. FitzHenry v. Union Gas & Electric Co. · 254 Ill. 395
City of DeKalb v. Luney · 193 Ill. 185
Hill v. Kimball · 269 Ill. 398
City of El Paso v. Hoagland · 224 Ill. 263
Sanitary District v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co. · 241 Ill. 622
City of Chicago v. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railroad · 250 Ill. 486
City & County of Denver v. Rogers · 46 Colo. 479
City of Bushnell v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 259 Ill. 391

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