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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. ILLINOIS

Nos. 419, 608, 609.

146 U.S. 387 (1892)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. ILLINOIS. CHICAGO v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. ILLINOIS v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin F. Ayer for the Illinois Central Railroad Company.

Mr. John S. Miller for the City of Chicago.

Mr. John N. Jewett closed, for the Illinois Central Railroad Company.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was commenced on the 1st of March, 1883, in a Circuit Court of Illinois, by an information or bill in equity, filed by the Attorney General of the State, in the name of its people against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, a corporation created under its laws, and against the city of Chicago. The United States were also named as a party defendant, but they...

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