Legal Opinion

Blair v. City of Chicago

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 9, 1906No. 331, 332, 333, 334. 335 and 336Published

APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE VÜNITED, STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.;. .. These are appeals from two decrees of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.

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APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE VÜNITED, STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.;. .. These are appeals from two decrees of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The origin of the cases dates from April 22, 19Ó3, when the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, a corporation and citizen of that State, filed three suits in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois against .the Chicago Union Traction Company, the North Chicago Street Railroad Company, and the West Chicago Street Railroad Company, corporations and…

1Opinion of the Court

201 U.S. 400 (1906)

BLAIR

v.

CITY OF CHICAGO.

NORTH CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY COMPANY

v.

BLAIR.

CITY OF CHICAGO

v.

FETZER.

BLAIR

v.

CITY OF CHICAGO.

CHICAGO WEST DIVISION RAILWAY COMPANY

v.

BLAIR.

CITY OF CHICAGO

v.

FETZER.

Nos. 331, 332, 333, 334, 335 and 336.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued January 11, 12, 15, 1906.

Decision announced March 12, 1906.

Opinion filed April 2, 1906.

APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.

Mr. Clarence S. Darrow, Mr. Glenn Edward Plumb and Mr. Edgar B. Tolman, with whom Mr. James Hamilton Lewis was on the brief, for the city of…

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2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Bank of Columbia v. OkelySupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren BridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
  3. Montclair v. RamsdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. In Re TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Fertilizing Co. v. Hyde ParkSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

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