Legal Opinion

Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Wolf

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1891PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon, B. B. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This was a petition presented to the Judge of the court "below, in vacation, by the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway Company against Adolphus P. Wolf and Fritz W. Wolf, to condemn a strip of land sixty-six feet in width, across certain lands of the defendants, for a right of way upon which to •construct the petitioner’s railway. By an amendment to the petition the Wolf Coal and Mining Company was afterwards made a party defendant. The strip of land sought to be condemned adjoins the right of way of the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad Company on the west, and lies partly within…

2Cited by21 opinions

  1. City of Chicago v. VaccarroIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Otis Elevator Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Housing Authority of East St. Louis v. KosydorIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Shields v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
  5. Wabash Railroad v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895

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