Legal Opinion
Illinois Central Railroad v. Michigan Central Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 30, 1958No. Gen. No. 47,207PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schwartz
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a suit for a declaratory judgment and for an injunction restraining breach of contract.
By an instrument dated January 5, 1894, the Illinois Central Railroad Company (Illinois Company) gave the Michigan Central Railroad Company (Michigan Company) the right to use its general passenger station house and the station grounds adjacent thereto in the City of Chicago jointly with the Illinois Company (and with such other railroad companies as the Illinois Company would permit) for “so long as the said premises shall he used for a general passenger station.”…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Carson Pirie Scott & Co. v. ParrettIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Palmer v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Walters v. WaltersIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
- Watford Oil & Gas Co. v. ShipmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Michigan Cent. R. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1958