Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Zeigler
Illinois Supreme Court
’ Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. George K. Ingham, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon
delivered -the opinion of the Court:
This was an action brought by the adjoining owner, against the railroad company, under the statute, (Rev. Stat. 1874, p. 808, see. 41,) to recover double the value of a fence built by such owner to fence his land from the railroad. There was judgment for the plaintiff for such double value, which was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Third District, and on the proper certificate being made, the defendant appealed to this' court.
The statute requires that every railroad corporation shall, within six months after its line is open for use, erect fences…
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