Illinois Central Railroad v. Frelka

The right-of-way and grounds of appellant, south of its Chicago depot, lie upon the west shore of Lake Michigan; so that they have never been used by people going back and forth, as might have been the case, had they been located differently, and more within the city. They were intersected by no public street or alley, or the tracks of any other railroad. So far as the evidence shows, they were not even practically open to any public or quasi public use for the people to travel thereon, as upon public .grounds. Nor was there any evidence of even an implied license on the part of appellant to…