Stephens v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. D. T. Hartwell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
This was a bill for a mandatory injunction brought by appellees as commissioners of the Town of West Marion of Williamson county, Illinois, against the appellants, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company and Herrin & Southern Railroad Company, in the circuit court of Williamson county. In their bill appellees set forth the existence of a public highway about 50 feet in width crossed by an overhead bridge of appellants at a point about two and one-fourth miles west of the City of Marion in Williamson county; and that appellants, for the purpose of supporting their overhead bridge upon…
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