Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. Dunbar
Illinois Supreme Court
Agreed case from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
Application is made for an order to dismiss these proceedings from this court. The determination of this application turns upon the question whether a franchise is involved in this case. By the act of 1879, all cases in which a franchise is involved must be taken directly to the Supreme Court. (Laws 1879, p. 222.)
Dunbar and Valentine filed a bill in chancery, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company and others, and procured a decree enjoining the defendants in that court from bringing the railroad of that company within the limits of the…
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