Sprague v. Illinois River Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
ERROR TO CASS. Charles Sprague filed Iiis bill iu the Cass Circuit Court, showing that he is a resident of Cass county, and the owner of real estate situated in Cass county, and of personal estate, on which tases are regularly levied for county purposes.
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ERROR TO CASS. Charles Sprague filed Iiis bill iu the Cass Circuit Court, showing that he is a resident of Cass county, and the owner of real estate situated in Cass county, and of personal estate, on which tases are regularly levied for county purposes. That an act was .passed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, approved/February 11th, 1853, incorporating the Illinois River Railroad Company, for the purpose of building a railroad from Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois, to La Salle, in La Salle county, Illinois. That an order was made by the Cass County Court, for a vote, at…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court, by
Catón, C. J.
We do not think that the amendment to the charter to the Illinois River Railroad Company, which was passed in 1854, authorizes an essential and material departure from the purposes and objects specified in the original charter of that company, so as to make it a separate and distinct enterprise. The original charter provides as follows: “ And the said company are hereby authorized and empowered to locate and construct and finally complete a railroad from the town of Jacksonville, in Morgan county, via Virginia, in Cass county, to the town of Bath, Mason…
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