Reports of Cases Decided in the Appellate Courts of the State of Illinois, Volume 49Callaghan., 1894 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 44
... sustained unless there is some evidence showing negligence other than the mere fact of the setting of the fire . C. & A. R. R. Co. v . Smith , 11 Brad . 348 ; C. & A. R. R. Co. v . Quaintance , 58 Ill . 389 ; T. W. & W. R. R. Co. v ...
... sustained unless there is some evidence showing negligence other than the mere fact of the setting of the fire . C. & A. R. R. Co. v . Smith , 11 Brad . 348 ; C. & A. R. R. Co. v . Quaintance , 58 Ill . 389 ; T. W. & W. R. R. Co. v ...
Page 50
... sustained by the superintend- ent of schools of the county on appeal . The school directors of the districts out of which the ter- ritory for the new district was taken by petition to the Cir- cuit Court of McLean County , caused the ...
... sustained by the superintend- ent of schools of the county on appeal . The school directors of the districts out of which the ter- ritory for the new district was taken by petition to the Cir- cuit Court of McLean County , caused the ...
Page 61
... sustained . Special and unwarranted discrimination , or un- just or oppressive interference in particular cases , is not to be allowed . The powers vested in municipal corporations should , so far as practicable , be exercised by ...
... sustained . Special and unwarranted discrimination , or un- just or oppressive interference in particular cases , is not to be allowed . The powers vested in municipal corporations should , so far as practicable , be exercised by ...
Page 66
... sustained by fraud or circumvention in the execution of the instrument and not by proof of a failing , partial or total , of the consideration . 3. Damages .-- In action upon a contract to convey lots , where the con- sideration was the ...
... sustained by fraud or circumvention in the execution of the instrument and not by proof of a failing , partial or total , of the consideration . 3. Damages .-- In action upon a contract to convey lots , where the con- sideration was the ...
Page 71
... sustained a demurrer to each of these pleas . Construing these pleas most strongly against the pleader , it is to be assumed that when the deed for the lots was tendered to him , the addition to the city had been legally completed ...
... sustained a demurrer to each of these pleas . Construing these pleas most strongly against the pleader , it is to be assumed that when the deed for the lots was tendered to him , the addition to the city had been legally completed ...
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