Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Little v. Peoria & Eastern Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 1943No. 27068. Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remandedPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
Appellants, Peoria & Eastern Railway Company, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, Wabash Railway Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company, and Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, appeal from the orders of the county court of Champaign county overruling certain objections to 1940 taxes. The causes are consolidated here for opinion.
The facts are stipulated and the questions presented are purely legal. The objections go, (1) to the county tax for tuberculosis-sanitarium purposes, objected to by all the appellants; (2) an item in town taxes for “Home Relief (including veterans,)”…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wetherell v. DevineIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Steger v. Traveling Men's Building & Loan Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- People Ex Rel. Carr v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1925
- People Ex Rel. McDonough v. Mills Novelty Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1934
- People Ex Rel Ward v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by19 opinions
- People Ex Rel. McWard v. Wabash RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
- Town of Cicero v. WeilanderAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962
- In Re Coronet Ins. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1998
- People Ex Rel. Rhodes v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
- People Ex Rel. Joseph v. Pennsylvania RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
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