St. Louis National Stock Yards v. Wiggins Ferry Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
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. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding.
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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. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. The bill of complaint exhibited in this case by the St. Louis National Stock Yards, in the circuit court of St. Clair county, on February 10, 1882, sets out that the complainant, being th§ owner of United States survey No. 627, containing four hundred acres of land adjacent to Bast St. Louis, upon which tract its stock yards were situated, was desirous of having a connecting railway track as near as might be to the Bast St.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The arrangement under which the embankment and railroad track in question were constructed, was made with S. C. Clubb, the superintendent of the Wiggins Ferry Company. Question is made as to what was the character of that arrangement, it being contended on the side of the appellant that it was a contract of sale of the right of way. But that we do not regard as now an open question, under the decision of this court in the action of forcible detainer referred to in the bill which was brought by the ferry company, against the appellant, wherein it recovered* judgment for the possession of this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Woodward v. SeelyIllinois Supreme Court · 1849
- Russell v. HubbardIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- St. Louis National Stock Yards v. Wiggins Ferry Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Forbes v. BalenseiferIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Kamphouse v. GaffnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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