County of Cook v. Great Western Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the Superior Court of Cook county, dismissing a bill filed by the county of Cook, against certain railroad companies, to enjoin the construction of a railroad until compliance should be had with a resolution passed by the board of county commissioners.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the Superior Court of Cook county, dismissing a bill filed by the county of Cook, against certain railroad companies, to enjoin the construction of a railroad until compliance should be had with a resolution passed by the board of county commissioners. The bill of complaint, filed February 18,1886, alleged that on February 8,1886, the county commissioners of Cook county passed a resolution, containing the following among other provisions: “It is therefore ordered by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The city of Chicago and the village of Cicero are incorporated under the general act of 1872, for the incorporation of cities and villages. This act confers upon cities and villages incorporated thereunder, full authority to regulate the use of streets, to provide for and change the location, grade and crossings of any railroad, to require railroad companies to fence their roads, to construct cattle-guards and crossings of streets and roads, to keep the same in repair, to maintain flagmen at the crossings, to compel the roads to raise or lower their tracks, etc. This is to be regarded as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. DunbarIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
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- Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Illinois Central Railroad v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Tudor v. Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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