Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 4, 1927No. Gen. No. 31,479PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the suit and for costs against plaintiff on striking of plaintiff’s statement of claim, as finally amended, and is consolidated with an appeal from like action in case No. 31480, City of Chicago v. Chicago Rys. Co., post, each presenting on like facts the question whether the stricken pleading states a cause of action.
The city seeks to recover $1,034,273.01 in this action, and $1,304,323.72 in the other. What is said herein will be applicable to both.
Each suit is.based on various…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Maine v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- State v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Eliasberg Bros. Mercantile Co. v. GrimesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
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