Fenton & Thompson Railroad v. Adams

The appellants filed a bill in the circuit court of Whiteside county against the appellees, seeking an injunction. Appellees answered and filed a cross-bill against the railroad company, likewise for an injunction. An answer was interposed to the cross-bill. Replications were filed, a hearing had on oral testimony before the chancellor in open court, and a decree entered dismissing the original bill for want of equity and awarding substantially the relief sought by the cross-bill. Complainants in the original bill, including the railroad company, which was defendant in the cross-bill,…