Ligare v. Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the .County Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. N. Carter, Judge, presiding. The appellee railroad company on May 3, 1893, filed its petition in the county court to condemn for right of way or track purposes the north thirty feet of lot 1, in block 10, of south branch addition to Chicago, and that part of the west half of Ogden slip adjacent, and on July 25,1893, the appellee the city of Chicago filed its petition to condemn for its uses as a public street, in…
Read the full summary
Appeal from the .County Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. N. Carter, Judge, presiding. The appellee railroad company on May 3, 1893, filed its petition in the county court to condemn for right of way or track purposes the north thirty feet of lot 1, in block 10, of south branch addition to Chicago, and that part of the west half of Ogden slip adjacent, and on July 25,1893, the appellee the city of Chicago filed its petition to condemn for its uses as a public street, in widening Archer avenue, the south twenty feet of said lot 1 and all of lot 2, in said block 10, and the west half of that…
1Per curiam
The grounds upon which we are asked to reverse this judgment may be reduced to three, and stated as follows:
First—It is contended that the proceedings are in contempt and defiance of the former opinion and judgment of this court reported in Ligare v. City of Chicago, 139 Ill. 46; that, rig'htly viewed, they are. a mere attempt to obtain a rehearing and reconsideration of that case.
Second—It is contended that Ogden slip, a part of which is,also condemned, and which, by the ordinance, is ordered to be filled, is a public navigable waterway, and was so declared in the Ligare case, supra, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ligare v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Chicago & Evanston RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. WiltseIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Chicago & Western Indiana RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by23 opinions
- City of Chicago v. FarwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
- City of Chicago v. Harrison-Halsted Building Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Guyandot Valley R'y Co. v. BuskirkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Forest Preserve District v. HahnIllinois Supreme Court · 1930
- Portland Silk Co. v. City of MiddletownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
18 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.