Morrison v. Forman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. The appellee, C. M. Forman, who was appointed receiver of the Centralia and Chester Railroad Company by the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of the State of Illinois, filed a petition in his name, as receiver, in the circuit court of Randolph county, praying for a judgment of condemnation of certain lots in the city of Chester belonging to the appellants, for…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. The appellee, C. M. Forman, who was appointed receiver of the Centralia and Chester Railroad Company by the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of the State of Illinois, filed a petition in his name, as receiver, in the circuit court of Randolph county, praying for a judgment of condemnation of certain lots in the city of Chester belonging to the appellants, for the purpose of appropriating the same to the uses of the said corporation as depot grounds, yardage and sidings in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
The' errors assigned present but two contentions on the part of the appellants, and they will be considered in the order urged.
First—Appellants insist it appeared the corporation had failed to finish its road within ten years from the filing of its articles of association, and that therefore its corporate existence and power should be deemed to have determined, in obedience to the provisions of section 26 of chapter 114 of the Revised Statutes, entitled “Railroads.” This contention cannot be maintained. In a proceeding for the condemnation of real estate for railroad uses the question of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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