South Chicago City Railway Co. v. Dufresne

Appellant operates a double-track street railway on Ewing avenue, in South Chicago. Ewing avenue runs north and south, and at its intersection with One Hundredth street the railroad tracks of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Companies cross the avenue, running from north-west to south-east. The Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago railway tracks are the most southern of the three sets of tracks. There is a hotel, called the “Ewing House,” on the south-west corner of Ewing avenue and One Hundredth street, and the usual…