Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio & Chicago Railroad

This is a proceeding instituted by the appellee company,, a corporation created under the General Bailroad Law of Illinois, for the purpose of condemning a right of way for a crossing over what is called a “Y” track, belonging to the appellant company. A cross petition was filed by the respondent below, the appellant here, praying for an assessment of damages to property not taken. The trial resulted in verdict and judgment for the petitioner, and the case is brought here by appeal from such judgment.

The tracks of the appellant company run in a northerly and southerly direction and the tracks…