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        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe bill does not aver that there was no petition of property owners representing more than one-half of so much of the street as was sought to be used for railroad purposes.\nThe averment is that there was no petition of property owners representing more than one-half of the frontage of said front on Water street. See Record, pages 6 and 7.\nIt does not appear that the road was laid along-the entire length of the street, and unless this was the case the petition of property owners representing more than one-half of the frontage of the whole street would not be necessary. A petition by those representing more than one-half of the frontage of so much of the street as was sought to be used for railroad purposes would be sufficient.\nThe bill does aver that there was no such petition as the statute requires, and that the action of the council was without warrant or authority in law whatever; but these are mere conclusions, and are not traversable. For this reason, aside from the other questions presented and discussed, we think the demurrer was properly sustained, and the decree is therefore affirmed.\nAffirmed.",
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    "head_matter": "John F. Schuchert et al. v. The Wabash, Chester and Western Railroad Company.\n1. Eminent domain\u2014Petition foe eight to run railroad track in street.\u2014A petition to the common council for the right to construct a railroad track along a public street, is sufficient if presented by owners representing more than one-half of the frontage of so much of the street as was sought to be used for railroad purposes.\"\n2. General averment.\u2014An averment that no such petition was filed as the statute requires, is a mere conclusion and not traversable.\nError to the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. Wm. H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.\nOpinion filed April 14, 1882.\nMr. H. Clay Horner, for plaintiff in error;\nthat a railroad constructed and operated in a public street or highway, without legal authority, is per se a public and private nuisance, cited Rev. Stat. 1874, Chap. 38, \u00a7 221; 1 Redfield on Railways, 305; 2 Redfield on Railways, 372; Wood on Nuisances, \u00a7 285; Healy v. J. & C. R. R. Co. 2 Bradwell, 442; J. & C. R. R. Co. v. Healy, 94 Ill. 416; Hickey v. C. & W. Ind. R. R. Co. 6 Bradwell, 176; Met. City R\u2019y Co. v Chicago, 96 Ill. 620.\nThere being no petition such as the statute requires, the ordinance granting permission is void: Hickey v. C. & W. Ind. R. R. Co. 6 Bradwell, 176; Dillon on Mun. Corp. \u00a7 570; Roberts v. Easton, 19 Qhio St. 78; Redfield on Railways, 305.\nBeing constructed without legal authority, it is a private nuisance as to all who are adjoining lot owners: Hart v. Bassett, Jones, 156; Morely v. Pragnall, Cro. Car. 510; Chechister v. Lethbridge, Willis, 71; Wood on Nuisances, \u00a7 621; Pierce v. Dart, 7 Cow. 607; Rex v. Groves, 22 L. T. Rep. 251; Frink v. Lawrence, 20 Conn. 117; Lansing v. Smith, 8 Cow. 151; Frances v. Schoelkopff, 53 N. Y. 162; Solten v. De Held, 9 Eng. L. & Eq. 102; Higbee v. Camden & Amboy R. R. Co. 19 N. J. Ch. 278.\nAs to continuing nuisances, there can be no adequate remedy at law, and parties complaining may have an injunction: Wood on Nuisances, \u00a7 783; Clowes v. N. S. Potteries Co. 8 L. R. 125; Pollit v. Long, 58 Barb. 20; Corning v. Troy Nail Co. 40 N. Y. 191; Met. R. R. Co. v. Chicago, 96 Ill. 620; Wahle v. Reinback, 76 Ill. 322; Minke v. Hopeman, 87 Ill. 450; Dillon on Mun. Corp. \u00a7 571; Roberts v. Easton, 19 Ohio St. 78.\nIf defendant relies upon ladies of complainant, it must be set up by answer: Harris v. Cornell, 80 Ill. 54; O\u2019Halloran v. Fitzgerald, 71 Ill. 53; Beach v. Shaw, 57 Ill. 17; Thompson v. Scott, 1 Bradwell, 646; Pierce v. McClellan, 93 Ill. 245; Borders v. Murphy, 78 Ill. 81; Gebhart v. Adams, 23 Ill. 397.\nMr. J. Perry Johnson, for defendant in error;\nthat the construction of a railway along a public street is not per se a nuisance, cited New Albany v. O\u2019Darly, 12 Ind. 551; Drake v. Hudson, 7 Barb. 508; Osborne v. Brooklyn, 5 Blatch. 366; Milhan v. Sharp, 15 Barb. 193.\nTo warrant the issue of an injunction, complainants must show irreparable injury: Fort v. Graves, 29 Ind. 188; Goodell v. Lassen, 69 Ill. 145; Wahle v. Reinback, 76 Ill. 322.\nA person seeking the aid of equity to restrain a private nui\" sauce, must first establish his right at law: Mayor v. Curtis, Clarke Ch. 536; Rhea v. Forsythe, 37 Pa. St. 503; Arnold v. Klepper, 24 Mo. 273; Porter v. Witham, 17 Me. 392; Van Bergen v. Van Bergen, 3 Johns. Ch. 282; McClem v. Iker, 12 Ohio, 387.\nEquity will not interfere when there is a clear remedy at law: Van Hoozier v. H. & St. Jo. R. R. Co. 70 Mo. 145; Decatur v. Howell, 92 Ill. 19; Frendenslein v. Heine, 6 Mo. 287; Dickson v. C. R. I. & P. R. R. Co. 71 Mo. 579; K. P. R. R. Co. v. Millman, 17 Kan. 224; Morris v. Ryerson, 27 N. J. Law, 457; Cumberland v. Hitchings, 65 Me. 140.\nWhen complainant has been guilty of great laches, equity will not interfere: Tichenor v. Wilson, 4 Halst. 197; Dana v. Valentine 5 Met. 8; Weller v. Sweaton, 1 Cox, 102; Reed v. Gifford, 6 Johns. Ch. 19; Burns v. Calhoun, 2 Ired. Eq. 199; Attorney-general v. Perkins, 2 Dev. Eq. 38."
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