Great Western Railroad v. City of Decatur
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. Charles Emerson, Judge, presiding. The facts of this case are fully presented in the opinion of the court. -
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action brought by the city of Decatur against the Great Western Railroad Company of 1859, for a violation of the following ordinance: Sec. 2. No railroad engine, machine, car or cars, shall be permitted to stand or remain on a traveled railroad crossing used by teams and travel, passing and repassing, to the hindrance and detention of the same at any time, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each period of fifteen minutes of such detention or hindrance.
The action was brought before a justice of the peace, on the complaint of Henry Churchman, and taken by appeal to the…
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