Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Goldman v. Harrison

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 23, 1906PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Samuel Goldman filed his petition in the superior court of Cook county against Carter H. Harrison and the city of Chicago for a mandamus to compel the issuance of a license to keep a junk shop at 152 Cleveland avenue, in Chicago.

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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Samuel Goldman filed his petition in the superior court of Cook county against Carter H. Harrison and the city of Chicago for a mandamus to compel the issuance of a license to keep a junk shop at 152 Cleveland avenue, in Chicago. The petition contained averments showing that the petitioner had complied with the ordinance relating to the issuing of junk shop licenses, and that he was the owner of the premises and that he had…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers

Under our statutes and numerous decisions of this court the finding of facts by the Appellate Court is final and conclusive as to all matters of fact in controversy in this cause. (Hurd’s Stat. 1905, chap. 100, sec. 88; Williams v. Forbes, 114 Ill. 167; Siddall v. Jansen, 143 id. 537; Northwestern Brewing Co. v. Manion, 145 id. 182; Lenz v. Harrison, 148 id. 598; Aachen and Munich Fire Ins. Co. v. Crawford, 199 id. 367.) The only question that can be determined by this court in a case where the reversal in the Appellate Court is the result of a finding of the facts wholly or in part different…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chaplin v. Commissioners of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Williams v. ForbesIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Chiniquy v. People ex rel. SwigertIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Fleischman v. WalkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Wood v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1903

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. City of Chicago v. BartelsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909
  2. Kowalczyk v. Swift & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Schmidt v. BarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
  4. People v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916
  5. People ex rel. Tilden v. MassieonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917

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