Shea v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. William B. Scholfield, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The appellant, Martin Shea, sued the appellee before a justice of the peace of Coles county. Upon an appeal to the circuit court he recovered a judgment for $67.40, which the Appellate Court reversed without remanding the cause. A certificate of importance having been granted, an appeal was taken to this court.
The appellant sued under section 4 of the “act in relation to fencing and operating railroads,” (Hurd’s Stat. 1909, p. 1750,) to recover double the value of a farm crossing which he had built.
The appellant since 1862 has owned, resided upon and farmed sixty acres of land a short…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Harvey v. Aurora & Geneva Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
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