Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Town of Salem

—Appellee commenced this action April 21, 1904, before the clerk of the town of Salem, charging appellant with having run its locomotives and trains over Main street, South High street and East Market street in said town in violation of an ordinance adopted March 24, 1902, a copy of which ordinance was filed with and made a part of each paragraph of complaint. The ordinance upon which the action was based reads as follows:

“An ordinance requiring railroad companies to keep and maintain an electric light wherever a track of a railroad company crosses a public street in the town of Salem,…