Brandt v. Joliet & Eastern Traction Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Frank L. Hooper, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Joliet & Eastern Traction Company operates an interurban line between Joliet and Chicago Heights and runs substantially east and west. Frankfort in Will county and Matteson in Cook county are intermediate stations about 7 miles apart, and it has a private right of way between those stations. A north and south highway is on the line between said two counties about 3 miles east of Frankfort. On October 11, 1916, there were no cattle guards nor wing fences on the east side of the county line road where said railroad crossed the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. DugganIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Illinois Central Railroad v. DavidsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railway Co. v. ArnoldIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
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- Edwards v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1925