Legal Opinion
The People v. Chicago Rys. Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1938No. 24194. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jones
The question in this case is whether the surface-wearing course of a strip of street pavement required to be maintained by a street railway' company is taxable as tangible personal property of the company. The issue is presented here by appeal of the People from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county in favor of the Chicago Railways Company, Chicago City Railways Company, and Calumet and South Chicago Railway Company, appellees, in a consolidated cause where it was sought to collect such a tax for the year 1933. Each of the appellees operates its street railway on streets in Chicago…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. SwartzIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
- People Ex. Rel. Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co. v. State Board of Tax CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- People Ex Rel. City of Chicago v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1926
- Village of Madison v. Alton, Granite & St. Louis Traction Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- People ex rel. City of Chicago v. UphamIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People of Illinois v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- The People v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1941
- City of St. Paul v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1957