Chicago & Southern Traction Co. v. Flaherty

Appellant filed its petition in the superior court of Cook county to ascertain the compensation to be paid for a right of way fifty feet wide for its railroad across ten acres of land owned by appellee Martin Flaherty, who took the summons to Thomas W. Prindeville, an attorney, and employed him to look into the matter and make defense; The attorney made a motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that the petitioner was only authorized to construct a street railroad, and did not have the powers of a corporation organized for general railroad purposes to condemn lands of individuals outside…