Chicago Junction Railway Co. v. Leitch
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Chicago Junction Railway Company brought two condemnation suits involving land belonging to Dollie F. Leitch and others, which were consolidated as one case. Mr. John S. Huey represented the respondents and in the course of the proceedings the lien petitioner, Harry ¡3. Mecartney, was brought into the case as associate counsel. After considerable preliminary work had been done the railway company notified counsel for respondents that they were going to dismiss their petition and would expect to pay the latter their costs and…
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