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SOWERS v. ILL. CENTRAL GULF R.R. CO.

No. 5-85-0344.

152 Ill. App.3d 163 (1987)

503 N.E.2d 1082

JOHN D. SOWERS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Eaton, of Eaton, Eaton & Tomaw, of Newton, for appellants.

John H. Armstrong, Richard F. Record, Jr., and Kenneth D. Peters, all of Craig & Craig, of Mattoon, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs filed the instant quiet title action seeking a declaration that certain deeds to a railroad company, the defendant's predecessor in title, conveyed an easement only, which had been terminated by abandonment. The trial court granted judgment on the pleadings for the defendant railroad, finding that the deeds conveyed fee simple title to the property in question. On appeal by...

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