1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ill.
  4. 79 Ill.
  5. 79 Ill. App.2d 48 (1967)
 

EDWARDS v. CHICAGO & N.W. RY. CO.

Gen. No. 10,786.

79 Ill. App.2d 48 (1967)

223 N.E.2d 163

Gilbert Edwards, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, a Wisconsin Corporation; Superior Coal Company, a Corporation; Lowell Hastings, et al., Defendants. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied February 10, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGrady & Madden, and J.E. Wenzel, of Gillespie, for appellants.

M.E. Hebron, of Carlinville, and Edward Warden, of Chicago, for appellee.

MORAN, P.J.

This is an appeal from judgments of the Circuit Court of Macoupin County, Illinois, dismissing the amended complaints in three consolidated cases.

The plaintiffs brought suit against the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, the Superior Coal Company, and five directors of the Superior Coal Company to recover for damage to their lands allegedly caused by surface subsidence. They alleged that the Superior Coal Company had been in possession...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases