Legal Opinion

City of Sullivan v. Tichenor

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1899PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. W. G. Cochrane, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Appellee owns and resides upon the south-east quarter of block 10, in Kellar’s addition to the town (now city) of Sullivan. There is a strip of land six feet wide and one hundred feet long running east and west between the south line of said south-east quarter of block 10 and an old wooden sidewalk built in Water street. The city provided by ordinance for building a new brick sidewalk on this strip of land along the south side of said block 10, and appellee filed her bill in this case against the city, the mayor and the members of the council to eiijoin the building of the same. By her…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. City of JolietIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  2. City of Quincy v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  3. County of Piatt v. GoodellIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Jordan v. City of ChenoaIllinois Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Melin v. Community Consolidated School District No. 76Illinois Supreme Court · 1924
  2. City of Peoria v. Central National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Russell v. City of LincolnIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Wall v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1917
  5. City of Rock Island v. StarkeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

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