Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Boyd

The bill in this case was brought by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, against Joseph Boyd and Freeman Poundstone, and was to enjoin an ejectment suit brought by defendant Poundstone, against complainant, to recover possession of the tract of land in dispute, and to compel a specific performance of an alleged verbal contract made'with complainant, by defendant Boyd, for the conveyance to complainant of the premises in controversy. Prior to 1870, Boyd owned a quarter section of land, of which the lot in controversy is a part, over which what is called the “Fox River Railroad…