Legal Opinion

Calkin v. Roberts Park Fire Protection District

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1947No. 30308. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Murphy

This is an appeal from an order of the county court of Cook County. Appellants filed a petition or motion in said court which they designated as a petition in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis. The purpose of the action was to vacate two orders which were entered in the organization of the Roberts Park Fire Protection District. The petition was denied and appellants prosecuted an appeal direct to this court.

The Roberts Park Fire Protection District was organized under section 1 of “An Act to create Fire Protection Districts.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 127½ par. 21.) The procedure…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Haj v. American Bottle Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Barnes v. Chicago City Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1914
  3. Hunt v. BellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1930

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Calkin v. Roberts Park Fire Protection DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  2. State Ex Rel. Weasmer v. Manpower of Omaha, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Reynolds v. City of TuscolaIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Reynolds v. City of TuscolaIllinois Supreme Court · 1971

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