Chicago City Railway Co. v. City of Chicago

The controlling question in this appeal is, Does the ordinance of the city of Chicago of 1907 authorizing the appellant, the Chicago City Railway Company, to construct, maintain and operate a system of street railways in the streets of the city of Chicago impose upon the company the duty of repairing such parts of the street pavements within the portions of the -streets occupied by it as have been destroyed in the installation or repair of water pipes and sewer pipes in connection with the water and sewer systems of the city ? The city has at various times, in connection with its water and…