Legal Opinion

City of Chicago v. People's Gas Light & Coke Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 25, 1912No. Gen. No. 18,182PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Bill for injunction. Appeal from interlocutory order of the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kickham Scanlan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911. Reversed.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitch

This is an appeal from an interlocutory injunction order, entered after notice and argument, but before answer filed, upon complainant’s motion based solely on the bill of complaint and exhibits thereto.

The bill was filed October 31,1911, and avers, in substance, that the defendant gas company is an Illinois corporation engaged in the manufacture, sale and distribution of gas to the people of Chicago; that through its system of pipes laid in the public streets and alleys, it supplies gas to over five hundred thousand consumers, one of whom is the complainant, the city of Chicago; that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Illinois Glass Co. v. Chicago Telephone Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Coquard v. National Linseed Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Hunt v. SainIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Chicago Telephone Co. v. Northwestern Telephone Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1902
  5. West Side Hospital v. SteeleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cleaning & Dyeing Plant Owners Ass'n v. Sterling Cleaners & Dyers, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1934
  2. National Bank v. River Forest State BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
  3. Theus v. YoungAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944

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