Valley Terminal Railway v. Eggman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. M. Millard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court á¡t the March term, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
This case comes to this court on appeal from an order entered by the circuit court of St. Clair county for the payment of the costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees incurred by appellants, defendants below, in a condemnation proceeding brought by appellee, the Valley Terminal Bailway, and which had theretofore been voluntarily dismissed by said railway company. The action is based on the proviso of chapter 47, known as the Eminent Domain Statute (Cahill’s Ill. St. ch. 47, ¶ 10) and which proviso reads as follows:
“Provided, that in case the petitioner shall dismiss said petition before the entry…
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