Chicago City Railway Co. v. Howison

On August 22, 1864, an ordinance was passed by the City Council of Chicago, authorizing the Chicago City Kail way Company to construct its railway on Indiana avenue in that city, from Twenty-second street to the city limits, on conditions ; one of which was that the railway should be constructed within fifteen months from the passage of the ordinance.

On September 12, 1871, the railway company not having constructed its railway south of Thirty-first street, the appellees, property owners on Indiana avenue, filed their bill of complaint in the circuit court of Cook county, to restrain the…