Southern Illinois & Kentucky Railroad v. Johnson

The Southern Illinois and Kentucky Railroad Company (hereafter referred to as appellant) is an Illinois corporation, and under authority of its charter and an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission is engaged in constructing a railroad from Edgewood, in Effingham county, Illinois, to Metropolis. As located the railroad will extend through Eranklin county, and included in its right of way are two small triangular pieces of property off the west side of an irregularly-shaped farm of 34*^ acres belonging to appellees, C. M. and Barbara Wilhite, in that county. A public highway known as the…