Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volumen273 |
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... construction of the deed of William Hart , Jr. , is to be sustained , and if their conten- tion should not be sustained then they have no claim what- ever to the premises . Plaintiffs in error contend that the provision in the deed of ...
... construction of the deed of William Hart , Jr. , is to be sustained , and if their conten- tion should not be sustained then they have no claim what- ever to the premises . Plaintiffs in error contend that the provision in the deed of ...
Página 69
... construction of drains , ditches , levees and other work for sanitary and agricultural purposes , ” - this preamble being followed by the body of the act . Section 3 of the act relates to the selection of commis- sioners for the ...
... construction of drains , ditches , levees and other work for sanitary and agricultural purposes , ” - this preamble being followed by the body of the act . Section 3 of the act relates to the selection of commis- sioners for the ...
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... construction of levees to protect the lands of Kaskaskia island from inundation . The organization of a levee district and the appointment of commissioners for such district were mere incidents to the main purpose of the petition . The ...
... construction of levees to protect the lands of Kaskaskia island from inundation . The organization of a levee district and the appointment of commissioners for such district were mere incidents to the main purpose of the petition . The ...
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... CONSTRUCTION - to what extent previous construction of stat- ute by officials will be considered . Where there is doubt concern- ing the meaning of a statute , a long continued practical construc- tion by officials will have much force ...
... CONSTRUCTION - to what extent previous construction of stat- ute by officials will be considered . Where there is doubt concern- ing the meaning of a statute , a long continued practical construc- tion by officials will have much force ...
Página 125
Illinois. Supreme Court. construction to be given it by the courts , but if the language of the statute is plain , a contrary construction will have no weight . 5. ACTIONS AND DEFENSES - county may maintain suit to recover interest ...
Illinois. Supreme Court. construction to be given it by the courts , but if the language of the statute is plain , a contrary construction will have no weight . 5. ACTIONS AND DEFENSES - county may maintain suit to recover interest ...
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affirmed agreement alleged amendment amount Ann Reed Appellate Court appellee assessment attorney Auditor bill cause cent charter lines circuit court claim clerk commissioners complainants constitution contract Cook county corporation counsel county court court of Cook court of equity covenant decree deed defendant in error delivered the opinion Drainage District equity evidence executed fact filed April 20 held Illinois Central Railroad interest judge judgment jurisdiction jury JUSTICE Kaskaskia land Levee levy loan Martzen McHenry county ment Mildred Reed Opinion filed April Option law ordinance owner paid parties payment person petition plaintiff in error premises proceeding purchase purpose question railway company real estate record remanded respondent reversed rule statute street suit testator testified testimony thereof tion town Trust Company ultra vires valuation vested village William Henry Hudson witnesses writ of error
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Página 557 - Letukas entered a motion for a new trial and a motion in arrest of judgment, both of which were overruled and denied by respondent as the presiding judge.
Página 463 - No interest subject to a condition precedent is good unless the condition must be fulfilled, if at all, within twenty-one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest.
Página 326 - A contract of a corporation which is ultra vires in the proper sense (that is to say, outside the object of its creation as defined in the law of its organization, and therefore beyond the powers conferred upon it by the legislature) is not voidable only, but wholly void and of no legal effect. The objection to the contract is not merely that the corporation ought not to have made it, but that it could not make it.
Página 501 - BROWN delivered the opinion of the court. The bill in this case was dismissed...
Página 343 - ... the powers conferred upon it by the legislature, the corporation, as well as persons contracting with it, may be estopped to deny that it has complied with the legal formalities which are prerequisites to its existence or to its action, because such requisites might in fact have been complied with. But when the contract is beyond the powers conferred upon it by existing laws, neither the corporation, nor the other party to the contract, can be estopped, by assenting to it, or by acting upon it,...
Página 530 - The true test always is: Is the work in question a part of the interstate commerce in which the carrier is engaged?
Página 330 - A contract ultra vires being unlawful and void, not because it is in itself immoral, but because the corporation, by the law of its creation, is incapable of making it, the courts, while refusing to maintain any action upon the unlawful contract, have always striven to do justice between the parties, so far as...
Página 622 - To have and to hold the above-described premises and appurtenances, subject as aforesaid, unto the said parties of the second part, as joint tenants, and not as tenants in common, and to the survivor of them, and to the heirs and assigns of such survivor...
Página 465 - The first and great rule in the exposition of wills, to which all other rules must bend, is that the intention of the testator expressed in his will shall prevail, provided it be consistent with the rules of law.
Página 458 - No interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than 21 years after some life in being at the creation of the interest.