Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. City of Quincy

It is enacted by section 29 of “An act amendatory of and supplemental to an act entitled ‘An act to incorporate the city •of Quincy,’” (Private Laws of 1855, p. 68,) “that the city of Quincy and the Northern Cross Railroad Company are hereby authorized and empowered, on such terms and for such considerations as the said parties may agree upon, to make and conclude any contracts and agreements for the establishing, opening or abolishing any part of any streets, avenues or alleys within the jurisdiction of said city, adjoining or dividing any property which is or may be owned and used by the…