Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 222 |
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Page 12 - ... five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be .ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 134 - Ed.) p. 246, as follows: •'Where, therefore, a part of a statute Is unconstitutional, that fact does not authorize the courts to declare the remainder void also, unless all the provisions are connected In subject-matter, depending on each other, operating together for the same purpose, or otherwise so connected together In meaning that It cannot be presumed the Legislature would have passed the one without the other.
Page 236 - In every case involving actionable negligence, there are necessarily three elements essential to Its existence: (1) The existence of a duty on the part of the defendant to protect the plaintiff from the injury of which he complains; (2) a failure by the defendant to perform that duty ; and (3) an injury to the plaintiff from such failure of the defendant. When these elements are brought together, they unitedly constitute actionable negligence. The absence of any one of these elements renders a complaint...
Page 120 - As soon as bills are signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, they shall be taken at once, and on the same day, to the Governor by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or Secretary of the Senate.
Page 246 - Railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed in this state, are hereby declared public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Page 121 - If, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken out, that which remains is complete in itself, and capable of being executed in accordance with the apparent legislative intent, wholly independent of that which was rejected, it must be sustained.
Page 513 - The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and on all propositions to create any liability against the city, or for the exepnditure or appropriation of its money, and in all other cases at the request of any member, which shall be entered on the journal of "its proceedings...
Page 246 - ... and shall take, transport, and discharge such passengers and property at, from, and to such places, on the due payment of tolls, freight, or fare, legally authorized therefor.
Page 151 - The Mayor of the City of Chicago shall, from time to time, grant licenses for the keeping of dram-shops within the city of Chicago to any person who shall apply to him in writing, upon said person furnishing him sufficient evidence to satisfy him that he or she is a person of good character...
Page 100 - The obstruction of surface water or an alteration in the flow of it affords no cause of action in behalf of a person who may suffer loss or detriment therefrom against one who does no act inconsistent with the due exercise of dominion over his own soil.