Chicago & Southern Traction Co. v. Gaines
Appellate Court of Illinois
Condemnation proceeding. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Albert O. Marshall, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
The Chicago & Southern Traction Company filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Will county to condemn a right of way for a street and interurban railway across many tracts of land. The owners of the lands were summoned, and different owners so made defendants employed different attorneys, who filed written appearances for their several clients, and also filed written motions to dismiss the petition for various reasons set forth, but chiefly that the petition did not show a state of facts which would authorize the condemnation of a way across these lands for a street and interurban railway.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Reynolds v. McMillanIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
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- McMannomy v. Chicago, Danville & Vincennes RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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