Peoria & Rock Island Railway Co. v. Schertz
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. J. W. Cochran, Judge, presiding. This bill was filed in the Peoria county circuit court, by the heirs at law of Frederick Muller, with whom is joined Peter Schertz, executor of the estate, against the Peoria and Bock Island Bailway Company, the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Bailroad Company, the Peoria and Springfield Bail-road Company, and the city of Peoria, for an injunction and relief.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. J. W. Cochran, Judge, presiding. This bill was filed in the Peoria county circuit court, by the heirs at law of Frederick Muller, with whom is joined Peter Schertz, executor of the estate, against the Peoria and Bock Island Bailway Company, the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Bailroad Company, the Peoria and Springfield Bail-road Company, and the city of Peoria, for an injunction and relief. Ho injunction was asked, nor was any granted, before final hearing of the canse. Frederick Muller, in his lifetime, was owner and in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Elaborate and exhaustive arguments have been made on every phase of this case as presented by the record, but we think the decision rests upon the determination of a single question, viz: whether equity will assume jurisdiction to enjoin use of a railroad upon a street until the adjoining landowner’s damages shall have been assessed and paid under the Eminent Domain Act. Since the decision in Stetson v. Chicago and Evanston Railroad, 75 Ill. 74, this can not be regarded as an open question in this court. It was there definitely declared, the acts of a railway company in proceeding to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stetson v. Chicago & Evanston RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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