Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 62 |
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... defendant , Mason B. Loomis ; that , on the 23d day of March , 1869 , said Neilson and wife conveyed said premises ... defendant filed a general demurrer to the bill , which was overruled by the court , and a decree entered setting aside ...
... defendant , Mason B. Loomis ; that , on the 23d day of March , 1869 , said Neilson and wife conveyed said premises ... defendant filed a general demurrer to the bill , which was overruled by the court , and a decree entered setting aside ...
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... defendant's property that it imposes upon its citizens . The court , therefore , did not err in overruling the demurrer to the bill . The sale , however , should not be absolutely set aside . All that the judgment debtor has a right to ...
... defendant's property that it imposes upon its citizens . The court , therefore , did not err in overruling the demurrer to the bill . The sale , however , should not be absolutely set aside . All that the judgment debtor has a right to ...
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... defendant , and in a former suit in answer to a cross bill , denied that defendant had given the bond for reconveyance ; and when the witnesses present at the execution of the deed , when all the parties were present , did not ...
... defendant , and in a former suit in answer to a cross bill , denied that defendant had given the bond for reconveyance ; and when the witnesses present at the execution of the deed , when all the parties were present , did not ...
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... defendant below , demurred to the declaration . The court below overruled the demurrer , assessed damages , and gave judgment . The sufficiency of the declaration is the only question presented . It appears , from the declaration , that ...
... defendant below , demurred to the declaration . The court below overruled the demurrer , assessed damages , and gave judgment . The sufficiency of the declaration is the only question presented . It appears , from the declaration , that ...
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... defendant with the wife of the plaintiff , an in- struction which directed the jury that , even if they believed , from the evi- dence , that the wife of the plaintiff was ever so profligate , that would be no bar to his recovery ...
... defendant with the wife of the plaintiff , an in- struction which directed the jury that , even if they believed , from the evi- dence , that the wife of the plaintiff was ever so profligate , that would be no bar to his recovery ...
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acres action alleged amount appellant appellee assessment assigned assumpsit authority bill bond cattle cause remanded certificate chancery charter-party Circuit Court city of Chicago city of Oneida claimed Coggeshall complainant constitution contract conveyed Cook County corporate court of equity creditors damages debt declaration decree deed defendant in error delivered the opinion demurrer entitled equity evidence executed fact filed fraud heirs held husband injury interest issue Judge Judgment affirmed Judgment reversed jurisdiction La Salle County land legislature liable lien lots Mason County McLean County ment Messrs mortgage mortgagor negligence notice objection owner paid party payment person plaintiff in error plea possession premises presiding proceedings proof purchase question railroad company real estate record recover refused replevin road rule sell sold statute suit Syllabus testator testified testimony tion tract trial usurious Vandolah verdict wife witness writ
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Page 324 - No county, city, town, township or other municipality, shall ever become subscriber to the capital stock of any railroad or private corporation, or make donation to or loan its credit in aid of such corporation : Provided, however, that the adoption of this article shall not be construed as affecting the right of any such municipality to make such subscriptions where the same have been authorized, under existing laws, by a vote of the people of such municipalities prior to such adoption.
Page 272 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Page 40 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation. Such compensation, when not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 90 - It is a rule of law, that when the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, takes an estate of freehold ; and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, that always in such cases, the heirs are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 255 - But if any subject shall be embraced in an Act which shall not be expressed in its title, such Act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in its title.
Page 228 - State legislatures have no authority to create a maritime lien, nor •can they confer any jurisdiction upon a State court to enforce such a lien by a suit or proceeding in rem, as practised in the admiralty courts...
Page 434 - And the said party of the second part, in consideration of the leasing of the premises aforesaid by the party of the first part to the party of the second part...
Page 431 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 94 - But we having adopted the common law of England, so far as the same is applicable and of a general nature...
Page 272 - The question whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the constitution is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which ought seldom, if ever, to be decided in the affirmative in a doubtful case.