State Supreme Court / Ill.

City of East St. Louis v. East St. Louis Gas Light & Coke Co.

Decided February 3, 1881. Benjamin R. Sheldon wrote the opinion for the court.

98 Ill. 415 · Cited 92 times

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Daniels v. Tearney · 102 U.S. 415
State Board of Agriculture v. Citizens Street Railway Co. · 47 Ind. 407

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