Legal Opinion

Hunt v. Chicago Horse & Dummy Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 26, 1887PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court oh appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

This is an information in chancery filed by George Hunt, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, on the relation of John McConnell, George McConnell and Benjamin F. McConnell, to restrain the appellee company from proceeding with the construction of its railway in certain streets of the city of Chicago. A demurrer, filed by the company to the information, was sustained by the circuit court, and the information was dismissed for want of equity. The Appellate Court has affirmed the decree of the circuit court, ynd the case is brought before us by appeal from such judgment of affirmance. A…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Klokke v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Chicago Dock & Canal Co. v. GarrityIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Wiggins Ferry Co. v. East St. Louis Union Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1883
  4. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Congregation v. GermainIllinois Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Fergus v. RusselIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Minerd v. MargiottiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Darling Apartment Co. v. SpringerSupreme Court of Delaware · 1941
  4. Wilentz v. HendricksonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
  5. Commonwealth v. KozlowskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921

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