People ex rel. Dwight v. Chicago Railways Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. FoEll, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
A petition was filed by Walter E. Dwight, a citizen and resident of the village of Oak Park and the president of the village, against the County Traction Company and the Chicago Railways Company, for the purpose of obtaining a writ of mandamus compelling these railway companies to carry passengers in either direction between the terminals of the Chicago Railways Company in the city of Chicago and any point on the-street railway lines in Oak Park for a single fare of five cents. The city of Chicago was afterward also joined as a defendant. During the pendency of the proceedings the name of the…
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