Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad v. Eichman

In 1887 the Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad procured a right of way and constructed its road across a quarter section of land belonging to the plaintiff below, Herman Eichman. In the western part of the tract was a dry ravine, draining quite an area of land. Across this ravine the company built its road-bed, with an embankment, putting in three rows of eighteen-inch tile at the bottom to afford an outlet for surface water from the area drained. In March, 1888, it leased its rolling stock and railroad to the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the term of its chartered existence, which…