Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William S. Dewey, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This is an appeal by the Western Union Telegraph Company of Illinois, an Illinois corporation, from an order of the county court of St. Clair county dismissing a petition for condemnation filed by the appellant on February 3, 1912, seeking to condemn an easement in the right of way of the Southeast and St. Louis Railway Company, leased to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company.
The condemnation petition, as finally amended, sets up, in substance, that the petitioner is a corporation duly organized as a telegraph company under the laws of the State of Illinois for the purpose of owning,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Simpson v. ShepardSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Escanaba Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Iowa v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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- Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1918
- Department of Public Works & Buildings v. KirkendallIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- Sanitary District of Chicago v. ManasseIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
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