East St. Louis & Carondelet Railway Co. v. Belleville City Railway Co.

On December 22, 1894, the Belleville City Railway Company filed in the county court of St. Clair county its petition for the condemnation of the right to join and unite its railroad with that of the East St. Louis and Carondelet Railway Company at a designated place in the city of East St. Louis, under the provisions of the Eminent Domain act. On January 11, 1895, it filed its amended petition. A motion to dismiss the amended petition and the proceeding, interposed by the East St. Louis and Oarondelet Railway Company, was denied and an exception taken, and a demurrer to said amended petition…