Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad v. McKinley

This was a case of condemnation of land, taken by appellant for the use of its railroad. The appellee is owner of a large tract of land, occupied mostly for farming purposes, and the amount of land sought to be condemned by the railroad company is a strip 100 feet in width, running through improved lands.

The first error assigned is that the jury who heard the cause in the circuit court were not sworn in the manner directed by the statute.

The objection can not avail the appellant anything in this court. It was the duty of counsel, when he saw that the jury were about to be sworn in a manner…