Griveau v. South Chicago City Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Superior Court of Cook county: the Hon. Elbridge HanEcy, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case commenced in the superior court of Cook county by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, to recover damages to certain real estate situated upon Madison avenue, in the city of Chicago, upon which is located a store and flat-building.
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Writ or Error to the Superior Court of Cook county: the Hon. Elbridge HanEcy, Judge, presiding. This is an action on the case commenced in the superior court of Cook county by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, to recover damages to certain real estate situated upon Madison avenue, in the city of Chicago, upon which is located a store and flat-building. The declaration contains one count, and avers that the plaintiff is the owner of said premises in fee simple and in the possession thereof by herself and tenants; that the defendant purchased lots adjoining the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
It is contended that a construction of the constitution is involved, and for that reason the writ of error was properly sued out from this court. The assertion of counsel that a constitutional question is involved is not alone sufficient to give this court jurisdiction, (St. Louis Transfer Co. v. Canty, 103 Ill. 423; Rowell v. Covenant Mutual Life Ass. 176 id. 557; Skakel v. People, 188 id. 291;) but before this court will take jurisdiction, upon appeal or writ of error, upon the ground that a construction of the constitution is involved, it must appear from the record that such question is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Aldrich v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- St. Louis Transfer Co. v. CantyIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Illinois Central Railroad v. TurnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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