O'Connell v. Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on April 10,1899, by John C. O’Connell for himself and by Susan O’Connell, Mary Elizabeth O’Connell, and John Charles O’Connell as trustees under the will of John C. O’Connell, deceased, against Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company, Lyons and Chicago Railroad Company, Chicago Crushed Stone Company, Dolese Bros.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on April 10,1899, by John C. O’Connell for himself and by Susan O’Connell, Mary Elizabeth O’Connell, and John Charles O’Connell as trustees under the will of John C. O’Connell, deceased, against Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company, Lyons and Chicago Railroad Company, Chicago Crushed Stone Company, Dolese Bros. Company, John Dolese, Jr., Henry Dolese, Peter Dolese, William Dolese, Edward Doud, and village of Summit, alleging that John C. O’Connell is the owner of an undivided…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
It is conceded by both parties, that the only controversy in this case is as to the existence of an alleged public highway, referred to in the pleadings, across the property of the appellants herein.
Lot 5, belonging to the appellants, runs east and west, is four chaius wide, and the west line thereof is the north and south quarter section line of section 11. South of lot 5 is lot 6, known in the record as the Doud lot, and in which the defendants, the Dolese Bros. Company and the Dolese brothers, have an interest.- North of lot 5, and.parallel with it, are lots 4 and 3, owned by one Jane S.…
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