Conwell v. Springfield & Northwestern Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. Lyman Laoey, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a proceeding instituted in the circuit court of Mason county, by The Springfield and Northwestern Railroad Company, against appellant, Samuel C. Conwell, and James F. Kelsey and George W. Cogshall, to condemn certain lands for the right of way.
The east half of section 31, township 21 north, range 8 west, in Mason county, was embraced in the petition, and was owned by appellant and James F. Kelsey, undivided.
After the original petition had been filed, and before the cause was tried, the railroad company filed an amendment to the petition, in which it was substantially alleged, that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hamilton v. DoolittleIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
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