Illinois Central Railroad v. Smith

Decided April 20, 1904. John P. Hand wrote the opinion for the court.

208 Ill. 608 · Cited 79 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.

• Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg · 94 U.S. 469
• Pardridge v. Cutler · 168 Ill. 504
• City of Chicago v. McGiven · 78 Ill. 347
• State v. Rainsbarger · 74 Iowa 196
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Latimer · 128 Ill. 163
• Treat v. Merchants' Life Ass'n · 198 Ill. 431
• Hellyer v. People · 186 Ill. 550
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Lewandowski · 190 Ill. 301
• Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Webb · 142 Ill. 404

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• Krieger v. Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad · 242 Ill. 544
• National Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Follett · 80 S.W.2d 92
• Schlauder v. Chicago & Southern Traction Co. · 253 Ill. 154
• Fellows-Kimbrough v. Chicago City Railway Co. · 272 Ill. 71
• The People v. Rongetti · 170 N.E. 14
• Montgomery Coal Co. v. Barringer · 218 Ill. 327
• Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Roberts · 229 Ill. 481
• People v. Hagenow · 236 Ill. 514
• Sever v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co. · 156 Iowa 664
• Gillette v. City of Chicago · 72 N.E.2d 326
• Cromer v. Borders Coal Co. · 246 Ill. 451
• White v. City of Belleville · 5 N.E.2d 215
• Penn Plate Glass Co. v. James H. Rice Co. · 216 Ill. 567
• Fitzgerald v. Benner · 219 Ill. 485
• Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Ertrachter · 228 Ill. 114
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Heath · 228 Ill. 312

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