Ward v. Field Museum of Natural History
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeals from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George A. Dupuy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
This suit is a renewal of a controversy of long standing between A. Montgomery Ward and the public authorities having the control and management of what is now known as Grant Park, in the city of Chicago, concerning the right of Ward to have the park kept free from public buildings, which was adjudicated between him and the city in the case of City of Chicago v. Ward, 169 Ill. 392, and again between him and commissioners of the State in Bliss v. Ward, 198 Ill. 104. The history of Grant Park and the material facts g-overning the rights of the parties were recited at length in the opinions of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Harmon v. Auditor of Public AccountsIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- City of Chicago v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Village of Riverside v. MacLainIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- People ex rel. Bransom v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bowes v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- City of Elmhurst v. KegerreisIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- City of Chicago v. Tribune Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1923
- Board of Park Com'rs v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Fairbank v. StrattonIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
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