St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. City of Belleville
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county, convicting appellant of violating an ordinance of appellee, prohibiting owners of locomotives, cars, etc., to obstrucj; crossings, etc., of streets thereby.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county, convicting appellant of violating an ordinance of appellee, prohibiting owners of locomotives, cars, etc., to obstrucj; crossings, etc., of streets thereby. So much of the facts as is essential to an understanding of the case may be briefly stated, as follows: The road of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The only questions that we are at liberty to consider, are-expressed in the three propositions in writing, presented by-counsel for appellant to the circuit court, and asked to be held, to-be the law, for no question of law arose upon the trial in any other manner.
First—It is provided by section 1, chapter 145, of the Revised Statutes of 18Y4, that it shall require a three-fourths majority of all the aldermen of the city authorized by law to-be elected by such city, to vacate or close any street or alley, such vote to be taken by ayes and noes, and entered upon the record of the council or…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Davidson v. YoungIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad v. ReichIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Illinois Central Railroad v. City of GalenaIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
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- Simons Brick Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Town of Rice v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1888
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