Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Attorney General
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Jesse J. Phillips, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
The Attorney General, on the 21st of August, 18S6, filed a petition, in the name and on behalf of the People, in the circuit court of Sangamon county,'against the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, praying that the company be compelled, by a peremptory writ of mandamus, to repair and improve, generally, a certain portion of its road, to be more particularly designated further on, and to increase the passenger trains thereon. The company filed an answer to the petition, to which the court sustained a demurrer, and the respondent declining to make other or further answer, the court thereupon…
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