Legal Opinion
Potter v. Calumet Electric St. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Decided February 8, 1908No. 24,467PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Petition for the payment by the receiver of the railway company of $18,000, claimed to be due under a contract between the company and the city dated November 18, 1895.
It appears from the petition that on November 11, 1895, the common council of the city of Chicago adopted an ordinance granting the railway company a license to extend its road over certain streets, on terms common to such ordinances, as to the time of completion, manner of construction, rates, term of grant, etc. It provided that the company should pay an annual license fee of $50 per car and no more.…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Blair v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Williams v. EgglestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- City Railway Co. v. Citizens' Street RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Nunnemacher v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. Chicago Rys. Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1929
- Valentine v. City of JuneauCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929