Doss v. Bunyan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Piatt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The controversy in this case is about the existence of a public highway in the village of Hammond. The circuit court of Piatt county entered a decree enjoining the appellants from continuing the erection of a building on certain land alleged to be a public street and requiring them to remove the foundation already laid. Since the decree, in our judgment, is not supported by the evidence we have not considered the other questions which have been argued.
On June 23, 1872, the Bloomington and Ohio Railroad Company acquired title to a strip of land one hundred feet wide across the west half of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Chicago v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1894
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- Town of Brushy Mound v. McClintockIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Russell v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1903
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