City of Springfield v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in debt. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Puterbaugh
This is an appeal from a judgment for $640 rendered upon a directed verdict, in an action in debt. The declaration alleges that the defendant occupied certain portions of the streets and alleys of the city of Springfield, during the years 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1909, without payinginto the city treasury, on the first day in September in each of said years, one dollar for each pole over eight feet high, as required by certain ordinances of said city, by reason whereof an action had accrued to the plaintiff to demand of the defendant the sum of $160 for each of said years, for so occupying said…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sears v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- People ex rel. Lockwood & Strickland Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- City of Cairo v. BrossIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- City of Chester v. Wabash, Chester & Western RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Chicago Union Traction Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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- City of Peoria v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1916