People ex rel. Walker v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
This is a petition filed in this court by the People, on the relation of the State’s attorney of Hamilton county, against .the Louisville and Nashville Eailroad Company, for a mandamus, to compel such company to run all its passenger trains to the town of McLeansboro, and to stop there for the receiving and discharging of passengers. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
This is a proceeding by mandamus, commenced in this court by the' State’s attorney of Hamilton county, in his official character, against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, to compel it to stop its trains at what is known as the “old depot, ” in McLeansboro, the county seat of Hamilton county. The depot in question is located on the branch of the defendant’s road, about a quarter of a mile due west of the court house and public square.
There is no ground for controversy as to the facts. As admitted by the pleadings, they are, in substance, as follows: On the 3d of November, 1868, a…
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