Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. City of Hartford

Action by appellee against appellant for the violation of a city ordinance. The charge is that the defendant violated said ordinance “by then and there unlawfully failing, neglecting and refusing, while operating said railway as aforesaid, to keep and maintain an electric light at a point where said tracks cross Walnut street in said city, of sufficient power to light the entire of said Walnut street crossing, but not to exceed the power of the electric lights in use in said city.” The ordinance requires that the company shall keep and maintain electric lights at certain points where its…