Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad v. Swannell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding; The Kankakee and Pacific Railroad Company, being a corporation originally created by and under the laws of the State of Indiana, with power to locate and operate a road from Plymouth, in the State of Indiana, westerly to the boundary line of the State of Illinois, was consolidated with a company organized…
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding; The Kankakee and Pacific Railroad Company, being a corporation originally created by and under the laws of the State of Indiana, with power to locate and operate a road from Plymouth, in the State of Indiana, westerly to the boundary line of the State of Illinois, was consolidated with a company organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, the name of the consolidated company being the Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
There being some differences in the particular circumstances of the cases made by the executors of Swannell and those made by Dore, Strong and Hooker, respectively, the merits of the case made by each may, to some extent, properly and conveniently be separately considered, — and this may be done without repeating, in respect to each of the cases, facts and rules of law or equity that are stated in regard to one case and that are equally applicable to the cases of some or all of the other appellees.
First — It seems to us that three questions, only, arise in regard to the decree in favor of the…
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