Illinois v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Haelan
This case has been heretofore in this court. Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Illinois, 146 U. S. 387. The decree then under review was affirmed in all respects except one, and as to that one the cause was remanded for further investigation of the facts upon which it depended.
The case involved the asserted ownership by the Illinois Central Railroad Company of certain piers, docks and wharves constructed by it on the lake front of the city of Chicago, east of Michigan avenue. •
The State contended that the structures in question were erected, without authority of law, on lands belonging to…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- The PalmyraSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
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