Williams v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Arthur.H. Frost,• Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court. -
Appellant owns a strip of land in the city of Bock-ford between the right of way of appellee next east thereof and Bock river which bounds its westerly side. It is about 550 feet long, and begins at a point at the northerly end and is about seventy-five feet wide at the southerly end. This piece had not been subdivided into lots or blocks. That part of the city lying east of the railroad right of way has been subdivided. Blocks one and two of a certain subdivision lie immediately east of the right of way at this point, and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SandersIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Illinois Central Railroad v. WillenborgIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. KeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. HughesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1891
- Buffalo Stone & Cement Co. v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
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- Cooke v. Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1922