Baltimore & Ohio & Chicago Railroad v. Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding. On January 6, 1885, the Illinois Central Bailroad Company commenced, in the Superior Court of Cook county, this action of forcible entry and detainer against the Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Bailroad Company, to recover possession of certain freight station grounds described in the complaint then filed.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. Altgeld, Judge, presiding. On January 6, 1885, the Illinois Central Bailroad Company commenced, in the Superior Court of Cook county, this action of forcible entry and detainer against the Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Bailroad Company, to recover possession of certain freight station grounds described in the complaint then filed. Such proceedings were had in the suit as that, upon a trial, judgment was rendered therein for the defendant, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
In the brief and argument of appellant it is said: “The substance of the controlling provisions of the lease and contract is, that the Illinois Central company agreed to furnish the Baltimore company with permanent freight station grounds and other terminal facilities, if, within the term of five years preceding November 1,1879, the Baltimore company so elected, in connection with an election to continue permanently the use of the Illinois Central tracks and right of way from the junction to and into Chicago. The failure on the part of the Illinois Central company to furnish the permanent…
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