Hite v. Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. John H. Marshall, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke
court:
On March 20, 1880, Charles A. Hite and wife, Marcus Hite and wife, and Mrs, L. E. Hite, conveyed a strip of land in Coles county to the Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad. Company for and in consideration of the free transportation of the grantors and R. L. Hite, a son of Charles A. Hite, during their natural lives, upon all trains carrying passengers over that railroad. The railroad company took possession of the real estate and used it as a part of its right of way, and the contract was kept by the company and its successors until December 31, 1915? when appellees, the successors…
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