Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 282 |
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... reason urged by counsel for appellant for a reversal of the judg- ment is that the high school district was a corporation de facto and its corporate existence could not be questioned in a collateral proceeding to collect taxes levied by ...
... reason urged by counsel for appellant for a reversal of the judg- ment is that the high school district was a corporation de facto and its corporate existence could not be questioned in a collateral proceeding to collect taxes levied by ...
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... reasons here . The curative act provides , among other things , that in all cases where a majority of the inhabitants of any contigu- ous and compact territory have voted at any election called for the purpose by the county ...
... reasons here . The curative act provides , among other things , that in all cases where a majority of the inhabitants of any contigu- ous and compact territory have voted at any election called for the purpose by the county ...
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... reason the tax levies were void . This question was decided adversely to appellant's contention in People v . Leigh , ( ante , p . 17. ) Appellant's railroad runs through sections 33 and 34 , town 7 , north , range 14 , west of the ...
... reason the tax levies were void . This question was decided adversely to appellant's contention in People v . Leigh , ( ante , p . 17. ) Appellant's railroad runs through sections 33 and 34 , town 7 , north , range 14 , west of the ...
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... reason of such willful violation or willful failure as aforesaid , a right of action shall accrue to the personal representatives of the person so killed for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such person and to any ...
... reason of such willful violation or willful failure as aforesaid , a right of action shall accrue to the personal representatives of the person so killed for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such person and to any ...
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... reason of such loss of life or lives not to exceed the sum of $ 10,000 : * * Provided , that if and whenever there shall be in force in this State , a stat- ute or statutes providing for compensation to workmen for all injuries received ...
... reason of such loss of life or lives not to exceed the sum of $ 10,000 : * * Provided , that if and whenever there shall be in force in this State , a stat- ute or statutes providing for compensation to workmen for all injuries received ...
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1917-Rehearing denied Feb affirmed alleged amended amount Appellate Court appellee assessment ballot bill bonds certificate circuit court city of Chicago claim commissioners contract Cook county corporation counsel county clerk county court court of Cook death deceased decree deeds defendant in error delivered the opinion demurrer DuPage county election Emma Larkins employee evidence fact February 20 filed December 19 Galesburg Hamler held high school district Illinois Industrial Board James Sloan Judge judgment jurisdiction jury land levy ordinance Lewis loss and cost ment objection Opinion filed December Option law party person petition plaintiff in error plat plea proceedings purpose question quo warranto railroad real estate record remanded reversed road and bridge statute street supra tax levy testator testified testimony tion town township trial court Valbert valid void witness Workmen's Compensation act writ of certiorari writ of error
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Page 41 - ... to the widow of the person so killed, his lineal heirs or adopted children, or to any other person or persons who were, before such loss of life, dependent for support on the person or persons so killed, for a like recovery of damages for the injuries sustained .by.
Page 253 - ... provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 133 - ... in any block in which twothirds of the buildings on both sides of the street are used exclusively for residence purposes...
Page 88 - For all other corporate purposes, all municipal corporations may be vested with authority to assess and collect taxes; but such taxes shall be uniform in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing...
Page 83 - Where the injury for which compensation is payable under this Act was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the employer to pay damages in respect thereof...
Page 487 - ... in the course of his employment or incident to it. * * * "An injury occurs in the course of the employment, within the meaning of the workmen's compensation act, when it occurs within the period of the employment at a place where the employee may reasonably be and while he is reasonably fulfilling the duties of his employment or is engaged in doing something incidental to it.
Page 511 - A court will not hold an ordinance void as unreasonable where there is room for a fair difference of opinion on the question, even though the correctness of the legislative judgment may be doubtful and the court may regard the ordinance as not the best which might be adopted for the purpose.
Page 65 - Traub are what is known in law as accomplices, and that, while it is a rule of law that a person accused of crime may be convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice still a jury should always act upon such testimony with great care and caution, and subject it to careful examination, in the light of all other evidence in the case; and the jury ought not to convict upon such testimony alone, unless, after a careful examination of such testimony, they are satisfied beyond a reasonable...
Page 187 - An Act to create Sanitary Districts and to remove obstructions in the Desplaines and Illinois Rivers," approved May 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889.
Page 94 - No. 13, which told the jury that the right of self-defense does not imply the right of attack...