City of Chicago v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

The circuit court of Cook county entered a judgment in this case in favor of the city of Chicago, the appellee, against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, the appellant, for $4700 and costs, and the trial judge certified that the suit involved the validity of an ordinance of the city of Chicago, and in his opinion the public interest was such that the appeal from the judgment should go directly to this court.

The judgment was for moneys paid by the plaintiff to property owners as damages to their lots *on account of the construction of viaducts over the tracks…