Illinois Central Railroad v. Trustees of Schools

This action on the case was brought by the appellees, the trustees of schools, for the use of school district No. 2 in the city of Murphysboro, against appellant, in the circuit court of Jackson county, for damages to a tract of land containing two acres, in said city, on which there is a two-story brick school house occupied for a graded school, alleged to have been damaged by the operation of appellant’s railroad adjoining said tract. The declaration averred that defendant constructed its railroad track south of said premises and was maintaining and operating a railroad thereon, and charged…