East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. East St. Louis Union Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery for an injunction, by the East St. Louis Connecting Eailway Company, against the East St. Louis Union Eailway Company. The hill was filed in the City Court of East St. Louis, and a temporary injunction was thereupon granted.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery for an injunction, by the East St. Louis Connecting Eailway Company, against the East St. Louis Union Eailway Company. The hill was filed in the City Court of East St. Louis, and a temporary injunction was thereupon granted. Subsequently, the venue was changed to the circuit court of St. Clair county, and on a final hearing that court dissolved the temporary injunction and dismissed the bill. This appeal is from that decree. It is alleged in the bill that, the complainant, on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The purpose of the incorporation of appellant and appellee is the same,—that of transferring cars from one railroad to another, from the several railroads to the stock yards, and to the elevators, mills, warehouses and ferries accessible, and from these back again to the several railroads. They are incorporated under the same general law, and both have the requisite municipal authority for laying their tracks in the street. The main track of appellee does not cross that of appellant, but it lies within a few feet of it, and extends parallel with it, and crosses some of appellant’s lateral…
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