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Farrell v. West Chicago Park Commissioners

Farrell v. West Chicago Park Comm'rs, 181 U.S. 404 (1901)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
May 13, 1901
Docket
No. 201
Judges
Shiras, Harlan
Citations
181 U.S. 40421 S. Ct. 60945 L. Ed. 9241901 U.S. LEXIS 1376
Syllabus
French v. Barber Asphalt Co. ante, 824, and Wight v. Davidson ante, 371, followed.
Summary
BRROR TO THE SUPREME' COURT OE THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

Syllabus and headnotes are prepared by the reporter or publisher, not the court, and are not part of the opinion.

Opinion of the Court — Shiras

Mr. JustiCE Shiras

delivered the opinion of the court.

' This case originated in proceedings to create and improve an avenue or thoroughfare known as Douglas boulevard, in the town of West Chicago.

The full history of those proceedings, contained in the statement of facts made by this court in the case of Lombard and others v. The West Chicago Park Commissioners, recently decided, renders it unnecessary to repeat them here. And the legal questions involved were so fully discussed in that case, and in French v. Barber Asphalt Co. and Wight v. Davidson, cognate cases decided at the present term of this court, that we are relieved from their further consideration.

The judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois is Affirmed.

Dissent — Harlan

Mr. Justice Harlan,

(with whom concurred Mr. Justioe White and Mr. - Justice McKenna) dissenting.

The controlling question in this case is the same as is presented in French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., ante, 324, Wight v. Davidson, ante, 371, and Tonawanda v. Lyon, ante, 389. For the reasons stated in my opinions in those cases, I dissent from the’opinion and judgment of the court in this case.

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181 U.S. 404 (1901)

FARRELL

v.

WEST CHICAGO PARK COMMISSIONERS.

No. 201.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued March 18, 19, 1901. Decided April 29, 1901. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Mr. George W. Wilbur for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Robert A. Childs for defendants in error. Mr. Charles Hudson was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

This case originated in proceedings to create and improve an avenue or thoroughfare known as Douglas boulevard, in the town of West Chicago.

The full history of those proceedings, contained in the statement of facts made by this court in the case of Lombard and others v. The West Chicago Park Commissioners, recently decided, renders it unnecessary to repeat them here. And the legal questions involved were so fully discussed in that case, and in French v. Barber Asphalt Co. and Wight v. Davidson, cognate cases decided at the present term of this court, that we are relieved from their further consideration.

The judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois is Affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, (with whom concurred MR. JUSTICE WHITE and MR. JUSTICE McKENNA) dissenting.

The controlling question in this case is the same as is presented in French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., ante, 324, Wight v. Davidson, ante, 371, and Tonawanda v. Lyon, ante, 389. For the reasons stated in my opinions in those cases, I dissent from the opinion and judgment of the court in this case.

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1903: 11904: 41911: 11927: 11940: 11985: 119032026peak 1904 · 4

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Bung's Bar & Grille, Inc. v. TP. COUNCIL OF FLORENCE502 A.2d 1198 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1985)
  2. Donaldson's Heirs v. City of New Orleans118 So. 134 (La. 1927)
  3. Kettle v. City of Dallas80 S.W. 874 (Tex. App. 1904)
  4. Palmer v. Mayor and Board of Aldermen197 So. 697 (La. 1940)
  5. Duncan v. Ramish76 P. 661 (Cal. 1904)
  6. Voris v. Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.70 N.E. 249 (Ind. 1904)

Most recent

  1. Bung's Bar & Grille, Inc. v. TP. COUNCIL OF FLORENCE502 A.2d 1198 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1985)
  2. Palmer v. Mayor and Board of Aldermen197 So. 697 (La. 1940)
  3. Donaldson's Heirs v. City of New Orleans118 So. 134 (La. 1927)
  4. Lanham & Sons Co. v. City of Rome71 S.E. 770 (Ga. 1911)
  5. Wilzinski v. City of Greenville85 Miss. 393 (1904)
  6. Kettle v. City of Dallas80 S.W. 874 (Tex. App. 1904)

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