Eldorado, Marion & Southwestern Railroad v. Everett
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the County Court of Williamson county; the Hon. W. F. Srater, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
' Appellant filed its petition in this case in the county court of Williamson county to cause to be assessed the compensation to be paid to appellee for the right of way over and upon a strip of land one hundred feet wide, described in the petition, containing 4.46 acres, extending across a tract of land containing 46 acres. The defendant filed a cross-petition claiming damages to the remainder of the tract in the use and cultivation of the same, and also upon the ground that the land was underlaid with a valuable bed of coal, and that the petitioner would take the coal underlying the right…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co. v. StickneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Peoria Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Peoria Terminal Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Jones v. Chicago & Iowa RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad v. WhiteIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Chicago, Bloomington & Decatur Railway v. KellyIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
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- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Bonafield's HeirsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
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