City of Quincy v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county • the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action of ejectment, commenced by the City of Quincy against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bailroad Company, on the 18th day of October, 1878, to recover the possession of property described in the declaration.
The property sued for consists of parts of streets and alleys dedicated to the city in trust for the uses and purposes expressed or intended by the former owners, by force of the statute in that regal’d, by being designated upon plats of additions made to the city by said owners, as streets and alleys, one of which plats was recorded April 23, 1836, and the other,…
2Cited by16 opinions
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