Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Zellers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 23, 1965No. Gen. 50,027PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MB. PEESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY
delivered the opinion of the conrt.
This action was started by the City of Chicago filing a qnasi-criminal statement of claim to recover a penalty against the defendant, Max Zellers, for the violation of a municipal ordinance. The claim alleged that Zellers owned certain premises in Chicago on which there was a dangerous excavation, and that he had failed to fill it in or to barricade it. The defendant answered that the City had issued a building permit for the erection of a residence on the premises but that after the excavation had been started the City revoked…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sinclair Pipe Line Co. v. Village of Richton ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- Fifteen Fifty North State Building Corp. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- Deer Park Civic Ass'n v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1952
- County of Lake v. MacNealIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
- People Ex Rel. National Bank of Austin v. County of CookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Ganley v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
- Monahan v. Village of HinsdaleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
- City of Chicago v. WestphalenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- KOB-TV, L.L.C. v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
- O'LAUGHLIN v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
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