CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY v. ILLINOIS

Nos. 140, 265.

188 U.S. 662 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 386

47 L.Ed. 641

CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Herrick, with whom Mr. David Fales was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edwin W. Sims, Mr. Frank L. Shepard and Mr. William F. Struckmann, for defendant in error, contended in their brief.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Supreme Court of Illinois, by its decision in this case, has but followed its prior decision upon the same question between these parties, reported in 174 Illinois, 177, decided in 1898. It there held that the exemption was limited to property used in immediate connection with the seminary, and did not include such...

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