Sholl v. German Coal Co.

The German Coal Company, a domestic corporation organized under the general Incorporation act, for the purpose of “mining and selling coal, ” filed a petition under the Eminent Domain act, in the county court of Peoria county, for the-purpose of acquiring, by condemnation, the right of way over a narrow strip of land belonging to the appellant, Adam Sholl, and lying between the company’s coal works and the Peoria and Pekin Union railroad. The piece of land sought to be condemned was wanted for an extension of a tramway belonging to the company, so as to connect it with the railway, and thus…