Fisher v. Chicago & Springfield Railroad

On the 3d of February, 1880, the Chicago and Springfield Eailroad Company filed its petition, under the Eminent Domain act, in the Logan county circuit court, praying the condemnation of a strip of land situated in the town of Mt. Pulaski, in said county, of the width of forty feet, and extending from the main track of the company’s road to a public warehouse and elevator in said town. At the time of filing the petition, and long prior thereto, the strip of land in question was occupied by a side-track of: the .company, connecting the main, line of its road with the warehouse and elevator. It…