State Supreme Court / Ill.

Forest Preserve District v. Lehmann Estate, Inc.

Decided November 22, 1944. Charles H. Thompson wrote the opinion for the court.

58 N.E.2d 538 · Cited 60 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

United States v. State Investment Co. · 264 U.S. 206
Illinois Light and Power Co. v. Bedard · 175 N.E. 851
Rosehill Cemetery Co. v. City of Chicago · 185 N.E. 170
Goldberg v. Capitol Freight Lines, Ltd. · 47 N.E.2d 67
Forest Preserve District v. Caraher · 299 Ill. 11
Forest Preserve District v. Eckhoff · 24 N.E.2d 52
City of Chicago v. Koff · 173 N.E. 666
Sharp v. Thompson · 100 Ill. 447
Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Barton · 19 N.E.2d 935
Forest Preserve District v. Draper · 56 N.E.2d 410
Casler v. Byers · 129 Ill. 657
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. v. Tamplin · 156 Ill. 285
Village of Prairie du Rocher v. Schoening-Koenigsmark Milling Co. · 248 Ill. 57
Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway Co. v. Rausch · 245 Ill. 477
East Side Levee & Sanitary District v. Jerome · 306 Ill. 577

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