Legal Opinion
The People v. Illinois Cent. R. R. Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1927No. 17080. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice DeYoung
The People of the State of Illinois, the Attorney General of the State, and sixteen persons, stockholders of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and tax-payers, filed their bill of complaint in the superior court of Cook county to enjoin the Southern Illinois and Kentucky Railroad Company (a) from constructing a railroad between Edgewood and Metropolis; (b) from permitting the Illinois Central Railroad Company to acquire, operate or control such railroad; and (c) from issuing any capital stock to the Illinois Central Railroad Company or any of its officers, directors, agents or employees;…
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- Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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- Hawkins v. HawkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
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