Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
By this bill for an injunction the appellant railway company sought to restrain the city of Chicago from prosecuting its petition for the condemnation of a strip of land which is a part of the right of way of the company. The land in question is within the limits of Chicago, and within the former corporate limits of the municipal corporation known as the town of Lake. The proposed condemnation was for the purpose of opening and extending Sixtieth street. The Superior Court of Cook county sustained a demurrer to the bill, dissolved the preliminary injunction that had been granted, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Chicago v. BarbianIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Chicago & Evanston RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Smith v. Chicago & Western Indiana RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Rogers v. City of St. CharlesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1876
- City of St. Joseph v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Thomas v. St. Louis, Belleville & Southern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1897
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