City of Chicago v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John H. Hume, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an action of assumpsit commenced by the plaintiff in error, the city of Chicago, in the municipal court of Chicago, against the defendant in error, the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, to recover $3189.18 alleged to have been paid out by the city of Chicago on behalf of said railway company in repairing the sidewalks over the approaches to the viaduct which leads over the tracks of the defendant in error and other railway companies in the city of Chicago at Ogden avenue. The plea of the general issue was filed and the case was heard by the court without a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Bransom v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- McCormick v. South Park CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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