Legal Opinion

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. City of Naperville

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1897PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. O. W. Upton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was a proceeding in the circuit court of DuPage county, instituted by the city of /Naperville, against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company and others, to condemn certain premises for a street across the depot grounds of the railroad company. The object of the proceeding was to lay out and extend Center street sixty-six feet wide, from the north line of the depot grounds south some three hundred and seventeen feet to the south line of the depot grounds, as shown by a plat in the record.

Upon looking into the record it appears that the railroad company has two main tracks…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Chicago & Western Indiana RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Town of CiceroIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Illinois Central Railroad v. Commissioners of Highways of MattoonIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railway Co. v. LyonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Mauvaisterre Drainage & Levee District v. Wabash Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1921
  2. City of Chicago v. ProvusIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. City of PontiacIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. County of Cook v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967
  5. Armour Co. v. N.Y., N.H. H.R.R. Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1918

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