Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville R. R. v. Peoria & Springfield R. R.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Peoria county; the Hon. John C. Tates, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was a proceeding in the Peoria county court by appellees, a railroad corporation, created by an act of the general assembly of this state, against appellants, another like corporation, to condemn certain lands( of the latter for the railroad purposes of the former.
It appears appellees had condemned lands for the purposes of their railroad, but to obtain access to them it was necessary to pass over the lands claimed by appellants, and of which they had obtained a lease subsequent to the time appellees had acquired the lands.
The court granted the prayer of the petition against the…
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