Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Schell

Appellant brought a suit at common law against appellee to recover the sum of $4,714.20 on account of the leasing of motor trucks by him to appellee, and thereupon appellee exhibited its bill of complaint for an injunction and an accounting in the circuit court of Sangamon county against appellant and one William F. Gilman as defendants, and a temporary injunction was granted, restraining the prosecution of the action at law.

The bill charged that the appellee was a public service corporation and in the year 1920 and thereafter was engaged in extending service to various communities in central…