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ALL CASES RELATING

sissippi River built and exclusively used by a railroad as part of its continuous line of railroads. Anderson v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 117 Ill. 30.

ALL CASES RELATING TO

REVENUE.

Practice Act-Means Cases for Collecting

Taxes.

The expression "all cases relating to revenue," used in section 118 of the Practice Act (J. & A. 8655), relating to the appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court, refers to cases for the collection of revenue, such as suits for taxes, and not every case which may remotely affect the revenue. Hodge v. People, 96 Ill. 424.

ALL CASES SOUNDING IN

DAMAGES.

Appellate Court Act.

The expression "all cases sounding in damages," used in section 8 of the Appellate Court Act (J. & A. 2968), is intended to include all cases, whether ex contractu or ex delicto, where the damages are not susceptible of direct proof. Bradshaw v. Standard, etc., Co., 114 III. 174.

Contempt Proceeding Not Included.

The expression "all cases sounding in damages," used in section 8 of the Appellate Court Act (J. & A. 2968), relating to appeals and writs of error from judgments of the appellate court, does not include a proceeding to punish for contempt. Leopold v. People, 140 Ill. 557.

ALL CAUSES IN LAW AND IN EQUITY.

Constitution of 1870.

The expression "all causes in law and in equity," used in section 12 of article 6 of the Constitution of 1870, relating to the jurisdiction of circuit courts, includes every claim or demand in a court of justice which was known at the adoption of the constitution as an action at law or a suit in chancery and all actions since provided for in which personal or

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The expression "all civil cases," used in section 1 of the act of 1901 (J. & A. 3289), known as the City Court Act, includes only law and equity cases as the same were known to the common law, and such other actions since provided for by statute, as belong to the same class or are of the same nature as previously existing actions at law or in equity in which personal rights are involved, and where a remedy for the recovery of property or for damages for the infringement of a right is given. Brueggemann v. Young, 208 Ill. 183.

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ALL FEES, PERQUISITES AND EMOLUMENTS.

Fees and Salaries Act-Interest on Public Funds Included.

The expression "all fees, salaries and perquisites," used in section 52 of the Fees and Salaries Act (J. & A. 5654), includes interest received on public funds. Lake County v. Westerfield, 273 Ill. 129. Naturalization Fees Included.

The expression "all fees, perquisites and emoluments," used in section 52 of the Fees and Salaries Act (J. & A. 5654), includes the portion of fees retained by clerks of circuit courts under the Act of Congress of 1906, relating to naturalization. People v. Witzman, 268 Ill. 514. Payments to Officer in Official Capacity.

The words "fees, perquisites and emoluments," used in section 52 of the Fees and Salaries Act (J. & A. 5654), are sufficiently comprehensive to include every payment to a public officer in his official capacity. County v. Westerfield, 196 Ill. App. 439.

ALL INTERESTS.

Deed of Trust-"All Right, Title or Interest" Compared.

The expression "all interest," used in the granting clause of a deed of trust

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purporting to convey a tract of land, is of broader signification than "right, title or interest," or "all our right, title or interest," and is broad enough to convey the premises described in the deed. Glos v. Furman, 164 Ill. 590.

ALL JUDICIAL OFFICERS. Constitution of 1870-Justice of Peace Included.

The expression "judicial officers," used in section 29 of article 6 of the Constitution of 1870, includes justices of the peace. Tissier v. Rhein, 130 Ill. 114.

ALL LAWS RELATING TO

COURTS.

Constitution of 1870-Laws Relating to Justices of Peace.

Laws fixing the number of justices of the peace to be elected within a specified territory are within the meaning of section 29 of article 6 of the Constitution of 1870, requiring that "all laws relating to courts" shall be general and of uniform operation. Tissier v. Rhein, 130 Ill. 114.

ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. Constitution of 1870-Enlarged Sense.

The expression "all municipal corporations," used in section 9 of article 9 of the Constitution of 1870, is not used in its primary sense of cities, towns and villages, but in their ordinarily accepted and more enlarged sense of public local corporations exercising some governmental function. Wilson v. Board of Trustees, 133 Ill. 464.

ALL NECESSARY POLICE ORDINANCES.

Cities and Villages Act-"Indispensable" Distinguished.

Clause 66 of section 1 of article T of the Cities and Villages Act (J. & A. 1334), empowering cities and villages to enforce "all necessary police ordinances," does not use the word "necessary" in the sense of "indispensable," but was in

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only cases of the same general nature as those specifically enumerated. Union, etc., Co. v. Chicago, 199 Ill. 520.

Street Railroad Included.

Street railway companies are within the meaning of paragraph 42 of section 1 of article 5 of the Cities and Villages Act (J. & A. 1334) empowering cities and villages to license, tax and regulate hackmen, draymen, omnibus drivers, carters, cabmen, porters, expressmen "and all others pursuing like occupations." Union, etc., Co. v. Chicago, 199 Ill. 519. To the same effect see Allerton v. Chicago, 6 Fed. 560 (an Illinois case brought in the District Court of the United States evidently by reason diversity of citizenship).

ALL PARTIES.

Insolvent Act.

of

The expression "all parties," used in section 15 of the Voluntary Assignments Act (J. & A. 6248), relating to the discontinuance of proceedings under the assignment, means all parties having rights under the assignment. Howe v. Warren, 154 Ill. 247.

ALL PERSONAL ESTATE.

Ordinary Sense Including Money

Loaned.

The term "all personal estate" in its ordinary sense, is understood to include loaned money, as well as every other species of personal property. Jacksonville v. McConnel, 12 Ill. 140.

ALL PROPERTY.

Charter of Northwestern University.

The amendment of the charter of the Northwestern University, enacted in 1851, exempting from taxation "all property" of the university, includes, by the quoted expression, all property acquired both before and after the enactment of the amendment, regardless of changes in conditions as to real estate since such enactment, the purpose thereof being to exempt the university, and not the

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property, from taxation. Northwestern University v. Hanberg, 237 Ill. 191.

ALL PROPERTY OF INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

Revenue Act-Means Property Owned by

Institutions.

The expression "all property of institutions of learning," used in section 2 of the Revenue Act of 1872, now J. & A. 9215 (the act having been amended by the act of 1909 by substituting the word "schools" for the expression "institutions of learning"), means the property owned by such institutions, and does not include property of which the title is in an individual, although such property is exclusively used for the benefit of the institution. Montgomery v. Wyman, 130 Ill. 22.

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