Village of Franklin Grove v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company operates a double track railway through the Village of Franklin Grove, running from a direction north of east, to south of west, and the line is straight in and a long distance on either side of said village. It is crossed by four north and south streets in said village, which counting from east to west are named Sycamore, Elm, Spring and State. On August 4, 1913, the board of trustees of the village passed an ordinance requiring the railway company, not later than November 1, 1913, to…
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