Sullivan v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

This was an action of ejectment brought by plaintiffs in error in the circuit court of Will county, against defendants in error, to recover possession of a piece of real estate about thirty-three feet wide and fifty-nine feet long, formerly a „portion of VanBuren street, in the city of Joliet, in said county, 'and which is now occupied by an embankment, retaining walls and elevated tracks of the railroads of defendants in error. There have been two trials of the case in said circuit court, the first .before a jury, in which a verdict was directed for defendants in error and a new trial taken…