Chicago, Santa Fe & California Railway Co. v. Lorance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery, filed by the appellant railway company against the appellees, commissioners of highways of Persifer township, Knox county, to restrain them from opening an alleged highway across the grounds of appellant at Dahinda in Persifer township. The appellees filed a general demurrer to the bill. The court below sustained the demurrer, and dismissed the bill.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery, filed by the appellant railway company against the appellees, commissioners of highways of Persifer township, Knox county, to restrain them from opening an alleged highway across the grounds of appellant at Dahinda in Persifer township. The appellees filed a general demurrer to the bill. The court below sustained the demurrer, and dismissed the bill. The present appeal is prosecuted from the decree of the court, sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill. The bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The question, raised upon the record in this case, is, whether, under the provisions of the Road act, an appeal lies from the verdict of a jury, assessing damages, to three supervisors, who affirm the action of the commissioners in laying out the road. Otherwise stated, the question involved is, whether the verdict of a jury in such a case is final unless an appeal is taken to the county or circuit court, as in other civil cases.
Section 59 of the act in regard to roads and bridges in counties under township organization, etc., provides, that “any person or persons interested in the decision…
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