Gibbons v. Paducah & Illinois Railroad

This is an action brought by the appellee to recover damages that he sustained by reason of an embankment erected across the streets of Metropolis, Illinois, by the appellant, whereby the streets were blockaded and the property of appellee injured. A jury was waived and canse was heard by the trial judge and judgment rendered ag-ainst the appellant for $400 and costs, which judgment it is sought to reverse by this appeal.

It appears from the record in this case that on May 9, 1910, the City of Metropolis passed an ordinance permitting the Herrin and Southern Eailroad Company, its successors…