Legal Opinion
Wall v. Chicago Park District
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 17, 1941No. 26202. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
A decree of the circuit court of Cook county rescinded a contract entered into between Edward S. Shepherd and his wife, Julia M. Shepherd, and the commissioners of Lincoln Park by which the former agreed to convey riparian rights to the latter and ordered their reconveyance. From this decree, the defendant, the Chicago Park District, successor by consolidation to the commissioners of Lincoln Park, prosecutes a direct appeal, a freehold being involved.
The plaintiffs, Julia Grossman Wall, Josephine Shepherd and Julia Shepherd Cuneo, are the successors in interest to Edward S. Shepherd and Julia…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- City of Chicago v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Doane v. Lake Street Elevated RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- City of Minneapolis v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Robbins v. Commissioners of Lincoln ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
- LePitre v. Chicago Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. 93.970 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
- Beynon Building Corp. v. National Guardian Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Wilson v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
- City of Chicago v. United States Fire InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
- Henderson v. FosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
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