People ex rel. Hoyne v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frederick A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
November 15, 1907, the then State’s attorney of Cook county, on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois, filed a bill in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county against the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Company (hereafter referred to as the Metropolitan Company) and other defendants, alleging said railway company had built obstructions to navigation in the south branch of the Chicago river, and praying that the company be ordered and directed, at its own expense, to remove said obstructions. April 8, 1909, a supplemental information or bill was filed, alleging the passage…
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