Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chamberlain
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a suit by John C. Chamberlain and others for the partition of certain real estate. Afterwards, a cross-bill was filed by Alphonse Hurtel and William T. Ayers, as trustees under the will of Charles P. Page, and by Charles B. Chamberlain, Hoses Waring and Caroline Goodman, in which the same relief was prayed as in the original bill.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a suit by John C. Chamberlain and others for the partition of certain real estate. Afterwards, a cross-bill was filed by Alphonse Hurtel and William T. Ayers, as trustees under the will of Charles P. Page, and by Charles B. Chamberlain, Hoses Waring and Caroline Goodman, in which the same relief was prayed as in the original bill. Both the original and cross-bills sought to have declared void certain proceedings instituted by the appellant to condemn the property for railroad purposes. The court,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Chief Justice Sheldon
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was a bill for partition and other relief, filed in the circuit court of Cook county by John C. Chamberlain, one of the appellees, in January, 1870. Ther lands sought to be divided are blocks 24, 25, 26, and parts of blocks 23 and 29, in the southwest quarter of the north-west quarter of section 19, in township 39 north, range 14 east, in Cook county. The bill alleges, that the whole estate was owned in the following proportions: John C. Chamberlain an undivided one-eighth; Alphonse Ilurtel and William T. Ayers, as trustees…
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