Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT. OF ILLINOIS. In EQurrr. These appeals were taken from a decree -in a bill or information filed by the State of Illinois against the Illinois Central . Railroad Company, tlie City of Chicago, and the United States, and a cross bill therein filed by the city against the Railroad Company, the United States and the State. 33 Fed.
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APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT. OF ILLINOIS. In EQurrr. These appeals were taken from a decree -in a bill or information filed by the State of Illinois against the Illinois Central . Railroad Company, tlie City of Chicago, and the United States, and a cross bill therein filed by the city against the Railroad Company, the United States and the State. 33 Fed. Rep. 730. The object of the litigation was to determine the 'rights, .respectively, of the State, of the city, and of the Railroad Company in land, submergéd or reclaimed, in front of. the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This suit was commenced on the 1st of March, 1883, in a Circuit Court of Illinois, by an information or bill in equity, filed by the Attorney General of the State, in the name of its people against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, a corporation created under its laws, and against the city of Chicago. The United States were also named as a party . defendant, but they never appeared in the suit, and it was impossible to bring them in as a party without their consent. The alleged grievances arose solely from the acts and claims of the railroad company, but the city of Chicago was made a…
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