Legal Opinion

Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Wachter

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 20, 1888PublishedCited by 52 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey

This is an appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county in favor of Michael Wachter, the appellee, against the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, the appellant herein, for the sum of $600 and costs. The form of the action was trespass on the caseA The first count charges, “that the plaintiff, at the time of the alleged grievances, was the owner, and in possession, of a certain brick-yard, with certain property situate thereon, in the town of O’Fallon, in St. Clair county, near which the defendant’s railroad was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ottawa Gas Light & Coke Co v. GrahamIllinois Supreme Court · 1862

3Cited by52 opinions

  1. City Council v. LombardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Harvey v. Mason City & Fort Dodge RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  3. Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. HeissIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Kane v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. ThillmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

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