Illinois Supreme Court, 1857

190 opinions

The Peoria Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. David Lewis et al., Appellees 1857-04
William W. Low et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. William Martin, Defendant in Error 1857-04
Dickenson B. Morehouse, Appellant, v. William A. Phelps, Appellee 1857-04
The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company, Appellant, v. William G. Rae, et al., Appellees 1857-04
Edward W. Griffin, Appellant, v. Valentine H. Ketchum, Appellee 1857-04
Samuel B. Pomeroy et al., Appellants, v. George R. Roberts, Appellee 1857-04
James C. Walker and John R. Smith, Appellants, v. Jacob Hedrick, Appellee 1857-04
The County of Warren, for the use of the People, Plaintiff in Error, v. Robert Jeffrey et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
The Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad Company, Appellant, v. John Von Horn, Appellee 1857-04
Amasa S. Dean, Appellant, v. Robert Blackwell, Appellee 1857-04
David S. Lee, Appellant, v. Adamson B. Newkirk, Appellee 1857-04
Thatcher Blake, Appellant, v. Charles Dow, Appellee 1857-04
Isaac Cook, Appellant, v. Henry L. Forest, Appellee 1857-04
David Brown et al., Appellants, v. Patrick Welch, Appellee 1857-04
John C. Waterman et al., Appellants, v. Nelson G. Tuttle et al., Appellees 1857-04
George McCully et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Morris P. Silverburgh, Administrator, etc., Defendant in Error 1857-04
Adamson B. Newkirk, Appellant, v. John E. Cone, Appellee 1857-04
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, Appellant, v. Benjamin F. Parks, Appellee 1857-04
Benjamin W. Babcock, Appellant, v. Tandy H. Trice, Appellee 1857-04
The City of Chicago, Appellant, v. John Major, Administrator of Timothy Major, deceased, Appellee 1857-04
Catharine Getzler, by her next friend, W. Davis, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles S. Saroni et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
Walter Quartier, Plaintiff in Error, v. The University of St. Mary of the Lakes 1857-04
Dennis Coughlin, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1857-04
Henry Plato, Plaintiff in Error, v. Samuel H. Turrill et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
Jonathan J. Cunningham, Plaintiff in Error, v. John Doran et al., Defendants in error 1857-04
The Steamboat Clarion, Plaintiff in Error, v. Patrick A. Moran, Defendant in Error 1857-04
John Frink et al., Appellants, v. Joseph J. Schroyer, Appellee 1857-04
Charles A. Buck, Appellant, v. Katharine R. Eaman, by her next friend, Archibald McIlrea, Appellee 1857-04
Henry Nolte, Appellant, v. William W. Lowe et al., Appellees 1857-04
The County of Peoria, Appellant, v. John Harvey, Appellee, and the same appellant in divers suits, v. George Debord, Austin H. Gordon, John Nashan, Chloe E. Johnson, David Harvey, William McCoy and James Smith, Appellees 1857-04
Washington Coughron et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Richard K. Swift, Defendant in Error 1857-04
Jacob Guyer, Plaintiff in Error, v. George Wookey, Defendant in Error 1857-04
William H. Phelps et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Joseph W. Foster et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
The Bank of Peru, Appellant, v. Elijah N. Farnsworth, Appellee 1857-04
Mary L. Peters et al., Appellants, v. John J. Spillman, Appellee 1857-04
Frederick Menkins, Appellant, v. Hervey Lightner, Conservator of John Sheber, Appellee 1857-04
William W. Low, Appellant, v. William J. Getty, Appellee 1857-04
Austin Gray, Appellant, v. Lewis P. Lott et al., Appellees 1857-04
Henry Grove et al., Appellants, v. Thompson Carlisle, Appellee 1857-04
Thompson Brooks, Appellant, v. Zachariah Bruyn, Appellee 1857-04
Edward Eldridge, Appellant, v. Charles Holway, Appellee 1857-04
Hiram Jackson, Appellant, v. Robert Kemble, Appellee 1857-04
Almeron S. Cole, Plaintiff in Error, v. Pieree Choteau et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
Robert L. Wilson et al., Appellants, v. John Galt et al., Appellees 1857-04
Truman Whitcomb et al., Appellants, v. Frances H. Sutherland, who sued by her next friend, Appellee 1857-04
William Jackson, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1857-04
Elihu Granger, Appellant, v. The Board of Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, Appellees 1857-04
Archibald McAllister, Plaintiff in Error, v. Zebulon S. Ely, Defendant in Error 1857-04
James Lindsay et al., Appellants, v. George L. Davenport et al., Appellees 1857-04
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Coleman et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
Van H. Higgins, Relator, v. The City of Chicago, Respondent 1857-04
George K. Slater, Appellant, v. Caspar Rink and wife, Appellees 1857-04
Margaret Boyland, Plaintiff in Error, v. William Boyland, Defendant in Error 1857-04
William W. Low, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company, Defendant in Error 1857-04
George Young et al., Appellants, v. The People, Appellees 1857-04
Jacob E. Rice, impleaded with Aldrich C. Wiley, Plaintiff in Error, v. Francis B. Webster et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
The People on the relation of Henry S. Beebe, v. Daniel Evans, Clerk of the Recorders Court for the cities of La Salle and Peru 1857-04
Andrew J. Morton, Plaintiff in Error, v. The President and Trustees of the Town of Princeton 1857-04
Abraham S. Cole, Appellant, v. The City of Peoria, Appellee 1857-04
William W. Low et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. William Martin, Defendant in Error 1857-04
William W. Low, Appellant, v. Peter Forbes, Appellee 1857-04
William Davis, Plaintiff in Error, v. Jonathan H. Ransom et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
The Illinois Central Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. James Downey, Defendant in Error 1857-04
The President and Trustees of the Town of St. Charles, Appellant, v. Peter OMailey, Appellee 1857-04
Washington Coughran, Plaintiff in Error, v. Morris Gutcheus, impleaded with Ira Gates, Defendant in Error 1857-04
William Eaton et al., Executors of Joseph Machin, deceased, Plaintiffs in Error, v. William F. Bryan, Defendant in Error 1857-04
William H. Ross et al., Appellants, v. Stephen Derr et al., Appellees 1857-04
The Steamboat Clarion, Plaintiff in Error, v. Robert S. Harris et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
Isaac Esmay, Appellant, v. Truman B. Gorton et al., Appellees 1857-04
Edmund D. Taylor v. Churchill Coffing and John H. Costing 1857-04
Arthur D. Rich, Plaintiff in Error, v. William G. Hathaway, Defendant in Error 1857-04
Alexander McCoy, Appellant, v. Eleanor Morrow, Appellee 1857-04
The Chicago and Aurora Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Josiah D. Dunning, Defendant in Error 1857-04
Abner C. Harding, Plaintiff in Error, v. Samuel Butts, Defendant in Error-Error to Warren-and Blakeley Pilkington et al., Appellants, v. Rufus Ford, Appellee 1857-04
James A. Caswell, Appellant, v. Robert Cooper, Appellee 1857-04
Edmund Harwood et al., Appellants, v. Hiram A. Tucker et al., Appellees 1857-04
Allen Hunter et al., Appellants, v. Joseph Blanchard, Appellee 1857-04
John Reed, Executor of Andrew Seed, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Peoria and Oquawka Railroad Company 1857-04
Henry Panton, Plaintiff in Error, v. Hiram Norton et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
Charles W. Zimmerman, Appellant, v. Hezekiah M. Wead, for the use, etc., Appellee 1857-04
William B. West et al., impleaded with John Barker, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Flemming, Defendant in Error 1857-04
Thomas Gordere, Appellant, v. George S. Downing, Appellee 1857-04
Francis Hopkinson, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1857-04
Noyes D. Bartholomew, for the use of Betsey Bartholomew, Plaintiff in Error, v. A. C. Bartholomew, Defendant in Error 1857-04
John V. Farwell, Appellant, v. Thomas D. Lowther, Appellee 1857-04
David L. Hough, Plaintiff in Error, v. John Hastings, Defendant in Error 1857-04
William Chumasero, Appellant, v. The People, Appellees 1857-04
John C. Champlin, Appellant, v. Morgan, Appellee 1857-04
James Garner et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Levi Willett, Defendant in Error 1857-04
The People on the relation of Thomas R. Courtney, v. Jesse K. Dubois, auditor, etc. 1857-04
Samuel T. Stillson et al., Appellants, v. Warren Hill, Appellee 1857-04
William Hitchcock, Appellant, v. John H. Watson et al., Appellees 1857-04
George Spurck et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. George Crook et al., Defendants in Error 1857-04
Henry Dishon and James J. Provo, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John C. Schorr, Defendant in Error 1857-11
William Minkhart et ux., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Frederick Hankler, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Isaac C. Choate, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1857-11
Phineas Oakes, impleaded, etc., Plaintiff in Error, v. Tiffany Ward, et al., Defendants in Error 1857-11
Thomas Rodney, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Illinois Central Railroad Company, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Wallace A. Campbell, Plaintiff in Error, v. Thomas F. Giblin, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Jeptha Ray, Appellant, v. Josiah F. Wooters, Appellee 1857-11
Daniel H. Brush, Argill Conner and William Cox, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Israel Blanchard, Defendant in Error 1857-11
The Trustees of Schools of Town. 2-10, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Welchley, Defendant in Error; and The Trustees of Schools in Town. 3-9, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Patrick ONeil, Defendant in Error 1857-11
George Forquer et al., Appellants, v. Susannah Forquer, Appellee 1857-11
John G. Crabtree, Appellant, v. Joseph Welles, Appellee 1857-11
Orville Sexton, Plaintiff in Error, v. The School Commissioner of Gallatin County, for the use of inhabitants of Township Number 9, South, Range 10 East, Defendant in Error 1857-11
William Brown, Plaintiff in Error, v. Cyrus Strait et al., Defendants in Error 1857-11
A. C. Hooper and A. D. Hay, Plaintiffs in Error, v. J. Condit Smith, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Theodore Riley, Plaintiff in Error, v. Samuel Dickens, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Jedediah Jack, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1857-11
Daniel Musselman et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Revill H. Oakes, Administrator, etc., Defendant in Error 1857-11
James P. Haynes, Plaintiff in Error, v. The County of Washington, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Enoch Moore et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. The School Trustees of Town. Three, etc., Defendants in Error 1857-11
John A. Wood, Plaintiff in Error, v. Israel Blanchard, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Robert Davis, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1857-11
William M. Wilson et al., Plaintiff in Error, v. Jacob Geisler, Defendant in Error 1857-11
Madison Snap and William Francis, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1857-11
Stephen R. Rowan and Nancy Ann, his Wife, Complainants, Appellants, v. John Reed, Junior, Joseph Bowles and Wife et al., Appellees 1857-11
Joseph B. Holmes, Appellant, v. Joseph Sinclair, who sues for the use of James Close, Appellee 1857-11
Cary S. Vise et al., Appellants, v. The County of Hamilton, Appellee 1857-11
The People, ex relatione Charles H. Lanphier and George Walker, Complainants, v. Ozias M. Hatch, Secretary of State, Respondent 1857-12
Eli S. Prescott et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. The Board of Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, Defendants in Error 1857-12
David B. Davis, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louisa Davis, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Uriah H. Crosby, Plaintiff in Error, v. John M. Gipps, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Garrett H. Seegar, Appellant, v. John C. A. Seegar, Appellee 1857-12
George W. Baxter, Appellant, v. Elijah Knox, Appellee 1857-12
Absalom Kester, Appellant, v. Spencer Stark et al., Appellees 1857-12
Nathan Prentice, Appellant, v. Phineas Kimball, Appellee 1857-12
The St. Louis, Alton & Chicago Railroad Company, Appellant, v. Joseph A. Dalby, Appellee 1857-12
Julius A. Penn and Wife, Plaintiffs in Error, v. David W. Heisey, Defendant in Error 1857-12
The Trustees of Schools in Township No. 23, in Range 6 West of third P. M., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Richard H. Snell et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
Hartwell Lancaster, Plaintiff in Error, v. Alfred Lane, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Jules P. Baulos, Plaintiff in Error, v. Geoege W. Ash, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Joseph Hopkins et al., Appellants, v. Wesley McCann, Admr of William Hopkins, deceased, Appellee 1857-12
Francina B. Tyler, Appellant, v. Stephen H. Tyler et al., Appellees 1857-12
Archibald C. Stark and Wife, Plaintiffs in Error, v. James C. Hillibert, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Lewis B. Chenowith, Appellant, v. James Lockard, Administrator, etc., Appellee 1857-12
Samuel Blattner, Administrator, etc., Plaintiff in Error, v. Martin Weis et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
Edward Haven et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Hilman Mehlgarten, et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
Joseph Lane et al., Appellants, v. William T. Adams, Appellee 1857-12
Benjamin Bates, Appellant, v. Isaac West, Appellee 1857-12
Henry Hill et al., Appellants, v. William F. Enders et al., Appellees 1857-12
The People, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Samuel Watkins et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
Polly Hopper, Appellant, v. Cavil Hopper et al., Appellees 1857-12
Samuel Peeples, Appellant, v. Savilla Peeples, Appellee 1857-12
Abram N. Ward, Plaintiff in Error, v. Thomas Brewer, Administrator de bonis non of the estate of Johnson Bright, deceased, Defendant in Error 1857-12
William C. Smith, Appellant, v. Mary E. Smith et al., Appellees 1857-12
Nathan F. Gardner, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Town of Chambersburgh, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Thomas Davis et al., Appellants, v. Shapleigh, Day et al., Appellees 1857-12
Absalom Adams, Plaintiff in Error, v. Martin D. Hardin, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Jesse Hanley, Appellant, v. James P. Erskine, Appellee 1857-12
Charles Sprague, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Illinois River Railroad Company et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
Jacob Whisler, Plaintiff in Error, v. William Roberts, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Samuel Partlow, Asssignee of Daniel Clapp, Plaintiff in Error, v. John Williams et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
Jacob Miller, Plaintiff in Error, v. James M. Neimerick and Philip Eckert, Defendants in Error 1857-12
The People, on the relation of the Bank of Bloomington, v. Jesse K. Dubois, Auditor of Public Accounts 1857-12
Joseph B. Cofield, Plaintiff in Error, v. David Furry, Defendant in Error 1857-12
George T. Brown v. John Malledy 1857-12
Edward F. Adams, Plaintiff in Error, v. Otho Bishop et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
James M. Robertson, Appellant, v. James R. Hamet, Appellee, and; The Same v. The Same 1857-12
George A. Montag, Appellant, v. James J. Linn, Appellee 1857-12
Seymour Morgan et al., Appellants, v. Collins & McCasland, Appellees 1857-12
Charles H. Austin et al., by their next friend, Caroline C. Austin, Appellants, v. The Belleville and Illinoistown Railroad Company, alias The Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company, Appellee 1857-12
George C. Shackelford and Wife, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Henry H. Hall et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
J. Milton Moore et al., Administrators of James N. Moore, deceased, Appellants, v. Austin F. Rogers, Appellee 1857-12
The Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant, v. Brock Hays et al., Appellees 1857-12
John Curtis and Nathan Land, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Henry D. Gorman, Defendant in Error 1857-12
George Hunter et al., Appellants, v. Samuel P. Griffin, Appellee 1857-12
B. S. Prettyman et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. L. H. Wilkey et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
William Shephard, Appellant, v. Henry K. Carriel, Appellee 1857-12
Leonard H. Wilkey, Plaintiff in Error, v. The City of Pekin, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Ab. N. Van Alstine, Appellant, v. James K. Lemons, Administrator of Harvey St. John, Appellee 1857-12
Eliab B. Kirby, Appellant, v. David B. Watt, Survivor, etc., Appellee 1857-12
James Newland, Appellant, v. Augustus C. Marsh, Appellee; Eliza Johnson, Appellant, v. John Bostock, Appellee; Benjamin Gittings, Plaintiff in Error, v. John Stearns, Defendant in Error 1857-12
Charles P. French, Appellant, v. Henry Lowry, Appellee 1857-12
The County of McDonough, Plaintiff in Error, v. Daniel Markham et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
Samuel Laughlin, Plaintiff in Error, v. Thomas A. Marshall, Defendant in Error 1857-12
James Pulliam, Appellant, v. Andrew Christy, Appellee 1857-12
James McDaniel et al., Appellants, v. Thomas Correll et al., Appellees 1857-12
Daniel Finch et al., Apellants, v. Emma C. Martin et al., Appellees 1857-12
The People, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Horace R. Witt et al., Defendants in Error 1857-12
The President and Trustees of the Town of Jacksonville, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Holland and Jonathan Neely, Defendants in Error 1857-12
Ann M. Osborn and Thomas Osborn, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Jacob Horine, Defendant in Error 1857-12
John Williams, Plaintiff in Error, v. Isaac D. Vanmetre, Defendant in Error 1857-12
The People of the State of Illinois, ex relatione George M. Billings, v. William H. Bissell, Governor of the State of Illinois 1857-12
John B. Smalley, Plaintiff in Error, v. Richard A. Edey, Defendant in Error 1857-12
The Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant, v. David A. Morrison and John Crabtree, Appellees 1857-12
Charles F. Keener, Executor of John Peniger, deceased, Appellant, v. George Crull and Wife, Appellees 1857-12
Mary A. R. Wade et al., Appellants, v. Nicholas King et al., Appellees 1857-12
Thomas Payne, Appellant, v. John K. Webster, Appellee 1857-12
Jacob H. Detrick, Appellant, v. Eli Migatt et al., Appellees 1857-12