Wilbur v. City of Springfield

The city of Springfield, February 16,1885, adopted an ordinance providing for the paving and curbing of certain specified parts of streets and alleys in said city, particularly specifying the materials to be used and the manner of construction of such paving and curbing. Section 4 of the ordinance provided that all portions of said streets, and parts of said streets and alleys, included in the right of way of any steam, horse or street railway company, being the space between the rails of their tracks and one foot on the outside of such rails, should be paved in the same manner as other…