Legal Opinion
The People v. Wilson Car Lines, Inc.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1938No. 24526. Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remandedPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Orr
The People brought an action of debt in the circuit court of Cook county for the 1932, 1933, and 1934 personal property taxes against the Wilson Car Lines, Inc., a Maine corporation with its principal place of business in Cook county, Illinois. Propositions of law were submitted by defendant and judgment was rendered by the court in its favor. The case is here on direct appeal.
The principal facts were stipulated by the parties. On April 1, 1932, defendant company owned 1742 railroad cars valued at a fair cash value of $968,853; on the same date in 1933, it owned 1697 cars valued at…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dewey v. Des MoinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- American Refrigerator Transit Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Nickey v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Carney v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- People Ex Rel. Parker v. Board of AppealsIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by2 opinions
- District of Columbia v. Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- The People v. McGraw Electric Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1940