Legal Opinion
City of Kankakee v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 1914PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the County Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. A. W. Deselm, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke
This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Kankakee county confirming a special tax levied to pay the cost of paving a portion of East avenue and River street, in the city of Kankakee. The property of appellant, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, which was taxed abuts on East avenue. The essential facts relative to the proposed improvement are sufficiently set out in City of Kankakee v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 258 Ill. 368, which was a former appeal in this same proceeding, and will not be re-stated here.
When the cause had been re-docketed pursuant to .the remanding…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- City of Lincoln v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Cache River Drainage District v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- City of Kankakee v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- City of Kankakee v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by5 opinions
- City of Chicago v. FarwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
- Beckers v. City of KankakeeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919
- City of Chicago v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1922
- City of Highwood v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
- City of Johnston City v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1919