Chapman v. City of Staunton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vickers
Appellee, Julia Chapman, brought an action of case against the city of Staunton to recover damages resulting from the construction of a sidewalk in front of her premises. The amended count of the declaration, upon which the case was tried, avers that appellee was the owner of a lot fronting fifty feet on Main street, in the city of Staunton, upon which she had constructed a building; that at the time the building was erected the street in front of the premises was level and twenty inches lower than the level of the first floor of the building; that afterwards the city of Staunton caused a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rigney v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Chicago v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Reardon v. City of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
- Nevins v. City of PeoriaIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Chicago North Shore Street Railway Co. v. PayneIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Chicago v. Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Ray v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
- Dick & Bros. Quincy Brewing Co. v. City of QuincyIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
- Consumers Co. v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921
- Cuneo v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.