Donahue v. Illinois Central Railroad

This is" a writ of error to the circuit court of McLean county, brought to reverse a judgment for the defendant in an action of ejectment. The suit was brought by plaintiff in error to recover the east fifty feet of lot 44 and the east fifty feet of lot 42, on the west side of the railroad of defendant in error, and the west fifty feet of lot 37 on the east side of said railroad, all in section 10, township 23, north, in McLean county. Defendant in error was in possession claiming the land as a part of its right of way.

It was agreed that in 1853 these strips were a part of a larger tract, and…