Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 246 |
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... held that the re- mark was prejudicial , as tending to deprive the prisoner of the benefit of the prison regulation in regard to making good time . No such consequence could follow from the remarks complained of in this case . Plaintiff ...
... held that the re- mark was prejudicial , as tending to deprive the prisoner of the benefit of the prison regulation in regard to making good time . No such consequence could follow from the remarks complained of in this case . Plaintiff ...
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... held by this court that section I of article 9 of the constitution , which requires taxes to be levied in proportion to the value of the property taxed , has no application to licenses when granted for the purpose of revenue . Wiggins ...
... held by this court that section I of article 9 of the constitution , which requires taxes to be levied in proportion to the value of the property taxed , has no application to licenses when granted for the purpose of revenue . Wiggins ...
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... held other- wise in Bullis v . City of Chicago , 235 Ill . 472 , People v . City of Chicago , supra , and Moon v . Mayor , 214 id . 40 . Third , that the removal of petitioner without notice of written charges preferred against him and ...
... held other- wise in Bullis v . City of Chicago , 235 Ill . 472 , People v . City of Chicago , supra , and Moon v . Mayor , 214 id . 40 . Third , that the removal of petitioner without notice of written charges preferred against him and ...
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... held that the action was barred by the Stat- ute of Limitations and rendered judgment for the defend- ant . The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed that judgment and granted a certificate of importance , whereupon the city ...
... held that the action was barred by the Stat- ute of Limitations and rendered judgment for the defend- ant . The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed that judgment and granted a certificate of importance , whereupon the city ...
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... held by individuals under a claim of adverse possession . In those cases this court properly held that the Statute of Limitations did not run , and they are all of them clearly cases where public rights , alone , were sought to be ...
... held by individuals under a claim of adverse possession . In those cases this court properly held that the Statute of Limitations did not run , and they are all of them clearly cases where public rights , alone , were sought to be ...
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Page 209 - It exists only in contemplation of law and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 543 - A child so adopted shall be deemed, for the purposes of inheritance by such child, and his descendants and husband or wife, and other legal consequences and incidents of the natural relation of parents and children, the child of the parents by adoption, the same as if he had been born to them in lawful wedlock...
Page 278 - Subject to the two leading prohibitions that their charges shall not be unjust or unreasonable, and that they shall not unjustly discriminate, so as to give undue preference or disadvantage to persons or traffic similarly circumstanced, the act to regulate commerce leaves common carriers as they were at the common law...
Page 219 - Neither the state courts nor the legislatures, by giving the tax a particular name or by the use of some form of words, can take away our duty to consider its nature and effect.
Page 307 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers and no others: First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient but indispensable.
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Page 148 - No law shall be passed by the General Assembly granting the right to construct and operate a street railroad within any city, town, village, or on any public highway, without first acquiring the consent of the local authorities having control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street railroad; and the franchises so granted shall not be transferred without similar assent first obtained.
Page 558 - Payments of death benefits shall be to the families, heirs, blood relatives, affianced husband or affianced wife of, or to persons dependent upon the member.
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