Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Taylor
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
Appellant and appellee claimed title, adversely to each other, to a strip of ground some twenty-five feet in width. On the-16th of June, 1886, appellant caused a fence to be built so as-to place this strip within appellant’s enclosure. On the next day, and after the fence was built, appellee caused a bill in chancery, alleging her ownership and present possession of this strip of ground, threats of appellant to invade her possession, and praying that an injunction issue enjoining appellant from invading her possession and from building a fence enclosing the strip within appellant’s enclosure,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wangelin v. GoeIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- People ex rel. Messler v. SimonsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- Smith v. SchopperNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1916
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- Levy v. RosenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1930
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