Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. Englewood Connecting Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Bichard Prendergast, Judge, presiding. On the 29th of April, 1885, the Englewood Connecting Eailway Company filed in the county court of Cook county the following petition: “Tour petitioner, the Englewood Connecting Bailway Company, respectfully shows unto your honor that it is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the law of the State of Illinois, and as such is authorized to construct and…
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Bichard Prendergast, Judge, presiding. On the 29th of April, 1885, the Englewood Connecting Eailway Company filed in the county court of Cook county the following petition: “Tour petitioner, the Englewood Connecting Bailway Company, respectfully shows unto your honor that it is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the law of the State of Illinois, and as such is authorized to construct and operate a line' of railroad from a point on the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh railroad, in the town of Lake, in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chibe Justice Mulkey
delivered the opinion of the Court:
A reversal of the judgment in this case is urged on several grounds, but as one of them is deemed sufficient it will not be necessary to consider the others.
Appellee having stipulated to “put down at its own expense, and thereafter keep and maintain in good repair and condition, all necessary frogs and crossings for its two main tracks across the tracks of appellant, ” the court, on the trial, excluded all evidence from the jury tending to show that either the value of respondent’s road, or its capacity to do the bush ness of the…
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