Illinois Supreme Court January 25, 1887 (Sholl v. German Coal Co.)

Mr. Justice Mulkey

delivered the opinion of the Court:

The German Coal Company, a domestic corporation organized under the general Incorporation act, for the purpose of “mining and selling coal, ” filed a petition under the Eminent Domain act, in the county court of Peoria county, for the-purpose of acquiring, by condemnation, the right of way over a narrow strip of land belonging to the