Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad v. Reich
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas A. Moban, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas A. Moban, Judge, presiding. Appellee, on the 6th of March, 1876, brought his action on the case, against appellant, in the circuit court of Cook county, alleging his damages at $20,000, for injuries to the west half of lot'22, School Trustees’ subdivision of ^section 16, town 38, range 14 east, containing five acres, situated on the north-east corner of Fifty-ninth street and Stewart avenue, by reason of the location and operation of certain railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The questions .first arising upon this record requiring our consideration, relate to the exclusion of certain evidence offered by appellant, and rejected by the court.
Luther W. Crocker having testified that he was acquainted with the location of appellant’s track in the town of Lake, that he had held in that town the office of overseer of highways, commencing about 1865 and continuing to the latter part of 1867, and that as such overseer it was his duty to repair roads and bridges, was asked by appellant’s counsel: “As such overseer, state whether you regarded Stewart avenue as being a public…
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