Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis R. R. v. Coppinger
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding, commenced by the appellant against the appellee, to condemn a strip of land for a right of way.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding, commenced by the appellant against the appellee, to condemn a strip of land for a right of way. The jury found for the defendant “$3500 damages, exclusive of fencing, estimating the land actually occupied by the railroad at $923.75, and the remainder, $2576.25, for actual damages occasioned by the construction and operation of the plaintiff’s railroad over defendant’s land.” A motion for a new trial was made and overruled. The court, thereupon, entered the following order: “It…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
Appellant instituted proceedings in May, 1870, before the circuit judge of Madison county, under the act of 1852, to condemn a strip of land 100 feet wide, through appellee’s farm, situate in that county, upon which to construct its railroad. Commissioners were appointed, and upon making their report, appellee took an appeal to the circuit court of the same county. Appellant applied for and obtained a change of venue to Greene county, in another circuit court, where the cause was tried, and verdict and judgment were for appellee. The railroad company brings the ease here by appeal, and…
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