Chicago v. Wedel

This was an action of trespass on the case, brought by Carl Wedel against the Chicago and Great Western Railroad Company to recover damages caused to the plaintiff’s property by the construction and operation of defendant’s railroad in Rebecca street, in Chicago, in front of the plaintiff’s premises. The plaintiff owned a lot, upon which he resided, twenty-four feet wide, fronting on Rebecca street. The street runs east and west, and the house is on the north side of the street, fronting south. In the construction of the road the defendant threw up an embankment crossing Rebecca street…