Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Burton v. Corn Products Refining Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1918No. 12090PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. J. F. Gillham, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

This is a petition for mandamus filed by the People, on the relation of C. L. Burton and others, in the circuit court of "Madison county, against the-Corn Products Refining Company and the mayor and aldermen of the city of Granite City, for the purpose of compelling them to remove certain alleged obstructions from that portion of Nineteenth street, in said city, extending through and between certain land of the Corn Products Refining Company, which street had been obstructed and later closed by virtue of certain ordinances of said city known as No. 195, authorizing the building of an overhead…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Smith v. McDowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. People ex rel. Woodyatt v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Field v. BarlingIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. People ex rel. Faulkner v. HarrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. O'Fallon Development Co. v. City of O'FallonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  2. Village of Lombard v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1950
  3. City of Chicazgo v. RhineIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
  4. People ex rel. Huempfner v. BensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  5. People Ex Rel. Lapice v. WolperIllinois Supreme Court · 1932

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