Legal Opinion
Cities of Wheaton v. Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 2, 1954No. Gen. 46,379PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kiley
This is an appeal by defendant Company from an interlocutory order granting plaintiffs a temporary injunction restraining the Company from distributing proceeds of a condemnation award and of a sale of equipment.
Defendant operates an electric railroad between Forest Park, Illinois and the plaintiff cities and villages to the West. Until about September 15, 1953 its services extended to the Chicago Loop. About 90% of its service was transportation of passengers between Chicago and the cities and villages mentioned, and others farther west. From its Wells Street terminal in Chicago it operated…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. SlatteryIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
- M. H. Vestal Co. v. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Inter-State Water Co. v. City of DanvilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
- People ex rel. Schweder v. BradyIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
- Colton v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1953
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3Cited by7 opinions
- County of Bergen v. Port of New York AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago v. United States Steel Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- Dvorkin v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- Kurtzworth v. Illinois Racing BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- City of Jefferson v. Railroad CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
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