Illinois Central Railroad v. Commissioners of Highways of the Town of Paradise
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, for a statutory penalty. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles County; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
The appellant prayed and obtained an order of the Circuit Court allowing an appeal.
The order is complete, save it does not designate any court to which the appeal was granted.
The appellant gave a bond conditioned for an appeal to this court and otherwise complied with the order of the Circuit Court relative to the appeal and filed the record in the case here.
The subject-matter of the controversy is such that jurisdiction of the appeal is vested by law solely in this court. Such jurisdiction is conferred by law, not by the order of the Circuit Court, and is not affected by the failure of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- City of Bloomington v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Chicago, Pekin & Southwestern Railroad v. President of the Town of MarseillesIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Gage v. ArndtIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Mississippi Valley Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance v. BermondAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891