Mix v. Lafayette, Bloomington & Mississippi Railway Co.

This was a proceeding on the part of the appellee, to condemn the right of way and assess the damages, if any, to four lots of ground owned by appellant, which abut on Holmes street, in Paxton, to be caused by the construction of a side track along the street in front of the lots and upon the north side of the company’s main track, between the main track and the lots. The side track, as projected, will not touch the lots, but will run within a few feet of the south line of three of the lots, and some eighteen feet from the south line of the other one.

It is first complained of, by the…