St. Louis, Jacksonville & Chicago Railroad v. Mathers

The principal facts presented by this record were before this court at the January term, 1874, in the case of St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago R. R. Co. v. Mathers, reported in 71 Ill. 592. In the case cited, Mathers filed a bill to compel the trustees, who held the legal title to the lots in question, to convey to him, on the ground that the railroad company had disregarded the contract under which it obtained the conveyance. Since the decision was rendered, the trustees,’ of their own accord, conveyed the property to John Mathers, -and this bill was brought by the railroad company to…