Reed v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.

Per Curiam: This was a proceeding by appellee to condemn ten acres of land lying outside of its right of way, for the purpose of taking therefrom sand, rock, gravel and earth, for ballast, and to maintain its roadway. The petition, after averring the incorporation of petitioner, and that it has for ten years owned and operated, and is now operating, a line of railway through Gallatin county, avers that by an act of the legislature of Illinois, approved February 25, 1867, a charter was granted to the Illinois Southeastern Railway Company, by which it was authorized to build, construct, equip…