Illinois Central Railroad v. State

The claimant filed its complaint on the 31st day of July, 1936, alleging that for many years last past it had been lawfully engaged in the business of a common carrier of freight and passengers for hire to and from points in the State of Illinois, and to and from points within the State of Illinois to points within the State of Illinois to points without the State of Illinois, and in the general business of conducting a railroad; that it owns a tract and right of way adjacent to the grounds of the Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee, Illinois; that for the purpose of serving the Kankakee State…