People v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding. On March 23, 1905, the People of the State of Illinois, suing by the Canal commissioners, brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Cook county against the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, appellee, to recover possession of lots 1, 2, 3 and 7 and the west twenty feet of lot 4, all in block 7 of the original town of Chicago, and also all that part of the said…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding. On March 23, 1905, the People of the State of Illinois, suing by the Canal commissioners, brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Cook county against the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, appellee, to recover possession of lots 1, 2, 3 and 7 and the west twenty feet of lot 4, all in block 7 of the original town of Chicago, and also all that part of the said original town of Chicago which lies south of the south line of Kinzie street, north of the center line of Carroll street, as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
In 1858 the canal trustees for a valuable consideration, said to have been $10,800, executed to Arnold and Prescott a deed for parcel “A.” The price was fixed by an appraisement pursuant to a statute then in force. Appellee claims under this deed through various mesne conveyances. On the trial appellant, .for the purpose of showing the deed to Arnold and Prescott to be void, offered evidence to show that at the time they bought this parcel from the canal trustees, Arnold, who was an attorney at law, was the general counsel and legal adviser of the canal trustees and was paid an annual salary…
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