Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 20, 1946No. Gen. No. 43,500PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company was organized by special Act of the Illinois legislature passed February 12, 1855, as amended by a special Act of February 7, 1865. By these enactments it received a right to use any or all of the streets of the City of Chicago for distribution of gas, subject to its procuring the consent of the city. By Its ordinance of August 30, 1858, the city gave its consent. By an ordinance of December 22, 1890, as amended on December 29, 1890 and July 13, 1891, the Chicago Economic Fuel Gas Company was granted the right to construct and operate works for the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sutter v. People's Gas Light & Coke Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918
- City of Chicago v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Mills v. City of ChicagoU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1904
- People's Gas Light & Coke Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Davis v. Keystone Steel & Wire Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1925
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dalton v. Joseph Lumber Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1950