Galt v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. John D. Crabtree, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass quare elausum fregit, by appellant, against appellee, in the circuit court of White-side county, to recover damages alleged to arise by reason of the entry upon and construction of appellee’s railroad in the street along and in front of appellant’s land.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. John D. Crabtree, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass quare elausum fregit, by appellant, against appellee, in the circuit court of White-side county, to recover damages alleged to arise by reason of the entry upon and construction of appellee’s railroad in the street along and in front of appellant’s land. The declaration, which contained bnt one count, alleges “that the defendant, on May 1,1886, at, etc., and on divers other times between that day and the commencement of this suit, with force and arms, etc., broke and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The land or close in question, of which appellant became the owner on January 10, 1883, and has since been in possession, is bounded on the north by Front street, (one of the streets of the city of Sterling,) on the south by Rock river, and on the east and west, respectively, by certain other streets in said city. The right of way of the railroad, to the width of one hundred feet, extends' along the entire ■ front of appellant’s land, practically occupying the whole street, which at that place appears to have originally been one hundred feet wide. It appears that the Galena and Chicago Union…
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