People ex rel. City of Pontiac v. Central Union Telephone Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Wilkin
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, begun in the circuit court of Livingston county by the People, on the relation of the city of Pontiac, against the Central Union Telephone Company. The information is by the State’s attorney of Livingston county, for the People, and gives the court “to understand and be informed that the Central Union Telephone Company, k corporation, for the space of four months or more now last past, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully has held and still does hold, without any warrant or right whatever, the use of the streets and alleys of the city of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People ex rel. Moloney v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Culver v. Third National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Chicago Municipal Gas Light & Fuel Co. v. Town of LakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- People ex rel. Weber v. City of Spring ValleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Parks v. HolmesIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
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- City of Rock Island v. Central Union Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1907
- People ex rel. Croft v. KarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- People ex rel. Sprague v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
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