Gibbons v. Paducah & Illinois Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Massac county; the Hon. D. T. Hartwell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
This suit is an action for damages brought in the circuit court of Massac county by A. J. Gibbons, appellee, against the Paducah and Illinois Railroad Company, appellant, for damages alleged to have resulted to appellee’s property from the obstruction of streets by the railroad company and destroying appellee’s ingress to and egress from his property.
Appellee’s property consists of three lots, or parts of three lots, in block 56, in the city of Metropolis. Johnson street is a north and south street and is the western limit of the city. Appellee’s property abuts 150 feet on Johnson street,—the…
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- City of Chicago v. Union Building Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- City of East St. Louis v. O'FlynnIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- City of Chicago v.BurckyIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Illinois Malleable Iron Co. v. Commissioners of Lincoln ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
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