Stephens v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. D. T. Hartwell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The commissioners of highways of the town of West Marion, in Williamson county, filed their bill in the circuit court of that county on August 17, 1917, against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company and the Herrin and Southern Railroad Company, for an injunction requiring the defendants to remove certain obstructions which the bill alleged constituted and were a public nuisance, from a highway, to restore the highway to its condition before the obstructions were placed in it, and enjoining the defendants from maintaining such obstructions. Upon the appeal of the defendants the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. CavanaghIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Chicago General Railway Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- County of Cook v. Great Western RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Fors v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
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