Aldis v. South Park Commissioners
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error sued out by plaintiffs in error to reverse a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county confirming a special assessment levied by the South Park Commissioners, defendants in error, to pay for the , improvement of a portion of Jackson street, in the city of Chicago, which was then and there, as claimed by defendants in error, under the jurisdiction of the…
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error sued out by plaintiffs in error to reverse a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county confirming a special assessment levied by the South Park Commissioners, defendants in error, to pay for the , improvement of a portion of Jackson street, in the city of Chicago, which was then and there, as claimed by defendants in error, under the jurisdiction of the park commissioners. It is alleged in the petition that on the 18th day of November, 1896, petitioners, the South Park…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
Section 1 of “An act to enable park commissioners or park authorities to take, regulate, control and improve public streets,”etc., (Laws of 1895, p. 290,)provides: “That every board of park commissioners or park authorities shall have power to connect any public park, boulevard or driveway under its control with any part of any incorporated city, town or village, by selecting and taking any connecting street or streets, or parts thereof, leading to such park, boulevard or driveway, and shall also have power to accept and add to any parks or park under their control any street, or parts…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Blake v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- People ex rel. Bransom v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Trumbo v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Thorn v. West Chicago Park CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- West Chicago Park Commissioners v. SweetIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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- Southworth v. Mayor of GlasgowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- City of Fango v. GeareyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1916
- People Ex Rel. Kinsella v. CroweIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
- Jones v. Alton & S. R.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1934
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