Legal Opinion

Sanitary District v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 17, 1915PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This is an appeal by the Sanitary District of Chicago from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook county in a condemnation proceeding brought by said district against the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company and others, to condemn a right of way and easement for a channel for said district crossing the railroad right of way of said railro,ad company. ■ The cáse was tried on a stipulation of facts before the court without a jury, and a judgment was entered in behalf of appellees for $53,476.

Under the authority granted to it by the legislature, the Sanitary District of Chicago has laid out and…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
  4. Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Town of Lake View v. Rose Hill Cemetery Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. St. John's United Church of Christ v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  2. Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank v. Village of Mount ProspectIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  3. People v. WeinerIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Mauvaisterre Drainage & Levee District v. Wabash Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1921
  5. City of Chicago v. ProvusIllinois Supreme Court · 1953

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