Legal Opinion
East St. Louis Ry. Co. v. City of East St. Louis
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided August 9, 1926No. 35-DPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
The plaintiff filed its bill against the defendants, the *853city of East St. Louis and certain commissioners thereof, alleging that as a public utilitics corporation, organized under the laws of Illinois, by virtue of a franchise granted by ordinance of the city of East St. Louis on the 3d day of February, 1903, it obtained permission and authority to construct and operate its system of street railways over certain streets, including Third street, in the city of East St. Louis, for a period of 20 years; that the ordinance by its terms expired on February 3, 1923; that on…
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