Metropolitan City Railway Co. v. Chicago West Division Railway Co.

The Metropolitan City Railway Company, a corporation organized under the general incorporation act, for the purpose of constructing and operating horse and dummy railways in Chicago and in other portions of Cook county, filed its petition, in which it represented to the court that, by an ordinance passed on the 30th day of April, 1875, the company was authorized to lay down, operate and maintain railway tracks upon Lake street, Lake street bridge and West Lake street, from the Union Depot, at the foot of Lake street, to Canal street, and on Canal from West Lake street to Fourteenth street, in…