Illinois Supreme Court January 22, 1964, No. 37677 (Hickey v. Illinois Central Railroad)

Mr. Justice House

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was instituted by four individual taxpayers against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to enjoin it from asserting ownership of certain reclaimed lake-front lands, and seeking a declaratory judgment that fee-simple title thereto is vested in the State of Illinois and the city of Chicago, subject to the railroad’s right to use