Illinois Central Railroad v. Houghton

This was an action of ejectment, brought by the Illinois Central Railroad Company against Stephen Houghton and James Houghton, to recover two strips of land, each fifty feet in width, the one seventy and the other eighty rods in length, being a part of section 22, township 23, north, of range 2, east, in McLean county, and adjoining, the one on the east and the other on the west, the strip of land one hundred feet in width, heretofore occupied by the plaintiff as its right of way. The trial, which was had before the court without a jury, resulted in a finding and judgment in favor of the…