Illinois Central Railroad v. Noyes

The appellee, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, brought this suit in ejectment against appellant, E. Noyes, in the circuit court of Coles county, to recover the possession of a strip of land eight feet wide, the south line of the strip being twenty-five feet north of and parallel with the center line of the railroad track and the north line thirty-three feet north of said center line, and extending across the east half of the north-west quarter of section 24, town 12, range 7, in said county, claiming title in fee. The appellant pleaded not guilty as to lots 5, 6, 9 and 10 in Noyes’…