Merchants National Bank v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.

Decided May 21, 1971. Robert C. Underwood wrote the opinion for the court.

49 Ill. 2d 118 · Cited 122 times

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• Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital · 211 N.E.2d 253
• Miller v. Pillsbury Co. · 211 N.E.2d 733
• Mahlstedt v. Ideal Lighting Co. · 271 Ill. 154
• Knierim v. Izzo · 174 N.E.2d 157
• Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co. · 261 N.E.2d 305
• Yarber v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co. · 235 Ill. 589
• Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co. v. Industrial Commission · 166 N.E.2d 582
• Baran v. City of Chicago Heights · 251 N.E.2d 227
• Schwarz v. Schwarz · 188 N.E.2d 673
• Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Roberts · 229 Ill. 481
• City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 190 N.E. 896
• Abramson v. Levinson · 250 N.E.2d 796
• Keefe v. Armour & Co. · 258 Ill. 28
• City of Chicago v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · 122 N.E.2d 553
• The People v. White · 6 N.E.2d 1015
• McElligott v. Illinois Central Railroad · 227 N.E.2d 764
• Gillette v. City of Chicago · 72 N.E.2d 326
• Galt v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 28 Ill. 2d 501

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