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Sears v. City of Chicago

Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District
Feb 7, 1927
244 Ill. App. 627 (Ill. App. Ct. 1927)

Summary

In Sears v. City of Chicago, 247 Ill. 204, 93 NE 158, it was said in this regard there is no limitation upon the power of a municipality except "that its exercise shall be reasonable and in a manner to safeguard the paramount right of the public to the free and unobstructed use of the streets."

Summary of this case from Illinois Broadcasting Co. v. City of Decatur

Opinion

Gen. No. 30,335.

Opinion filed February 7, 1927.

Bill for accounting. Decree for complainant.

Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Fred Rush, Judge, presiding. Heard in the first division of this court for the first district at the October term, 1926.

Francis X. Busch, Corporation Counsel, for plaintiff in error; Leon Hornstein and Ruth C. Nelson, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel. Murray Nelson, Charles G. Little and Wm. H. King, Jr., for defendants in error.


Affirmed.


Summaries of

Sears v. City of Chicago

Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District
Feb 7, 1927
244 Ill. App. 627 (Ill. App. Ct. 1927)

In Sears v. City of Chicago, 247 Ill. 204, 93 NE 158, it was said in this regard there is no limitation upon the power of a municipality except "that its exercise shall be reasonable and in a manner to safeguard the paramount right of the public to the free and unobstructed use of the streets."

Summary of this case from Illinois Broadcasting Co. v. City of Decatur
Case details for

Sears v. City of Chicago

Case Details

Full title:Herbert M. Sears et al., executors, defendants in error, v. City of…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District

Date published: Feb 7, 1927

Citations

244 Ill. App. 627 (Ill. App. Ct. 1927)

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