Streator Independent Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Interstate Independent Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill in equity. Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edgar Eldbedge, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Interstate Telephone and Telegraph Company is the only appellee who has appeared in this court and will hereinafter be the only appellee referred to. The appellee has not made any motion to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction in this court, but has presented the question whether or not a freehold is involved in his controversy. If a freehold is involved this court has no jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of the case.
It is conceded by all parties that appellee is the owner of substantially all the right of way and…
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