Chicago & Alton Railroad v. People ex rel. Cooley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Pike county; the Hon. Edwabd Doocy, Judge, presiding. The main track of the Chicago and Alton Eailroad Company is located across the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section 10, township 7 south, range 2 west, in Pike county, and the right of way over this land is two hundred feet wide, the track running nearly east and west.
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Appeal from the County Court of Pike county; the Hon. Edwabd Doocy, Judge, presiding. The main track of the Chicago and Alton Eailroad Company is located across the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section 10, township 7 south, range 2 west, in Pike county, and the right of way over this land is two hundred feet wide, the track running nearly east and west. North of the main track, and commencing a short distance west of the tract of land in question, there is a side-track running east, and gradually curving to the north, known as the “Quarry track,” and some lé71 feet in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
The question presented by this record is, whether the strip of land 100 feet wide and 1472 feet in length, extending from the main track in and to the stone quarry, known as the “Quarry track,” is, within the meaning of the Eevenue law, “railroad track,” or is it real estate of the railroad company other than railroad track. If it is the former, then it was lawfully assessed by the State Board of Equalization, and the local assessor had no authority to assess it; if the latter, then it was within the power of the local assessor to make the assessment, and the judgment of the county court…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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