Swain v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. E. Worthington, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Appellee contends that because the state of Illinois by an Act of the Legislature passed in 1831, authorized the State Canal Commissioners “to cause its engineer to examine the Illinois river from the mouth of the Fox river to the head of steamboat navigation and if in their opinion the navigation of the Illinois river can be improved by dams or locks or otherwise, so as to secure its navigability as far as the mouth of Fox river -with as little expense and as much utility as canaling from Fox river to the Vermilion to the foot of the rapids, they shall have the right to terminate said canal…
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