Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Abens

On March 23, 1914, the city council of the city of Aurora passed an ordinance requiring the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to elevate its tracks in LaSalle street between Main and New York streets, and elsewhere, and to change their location in some places. Thereupon the Public Utilities Commission entered an order requiring the railroad company within five years to construct its main line tracks through the city on an embankment on a changed location in accordance with the terms of the ordinance. In compliance with the ordinance and the order of the commission the railroad…