Legal Opinion
Bradford v. Indiana Harbor Belt R.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 25, 1927No. 3777PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAGE, Circuit Judge.
To gain an entrance into Chicago for a railroad owned by him and under his control, plaintiff built a short road, and caused the two roads to enter into a contract on February 23,1907, with the Chicago Junction Railway Company for a necessary connecting Y between the latter’s tracks and the tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Chicago Junction Company and its assigns were to have the use of the Y rent free.
Plaintiff’s companies, not having the money to buy the land and build the Y, plaintiff furnished it, and, by his direction, the title to the land was placed in…
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