City of Chicago v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

The city of Chicago instituted suit in the municipal court of that city to recover from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, the Lake Sand Corporation and the Burlington South Chicago Terminal Railroad, a penalty for their failure to re-build about 1700 feet of dock on the south side of slip No. 1, adjoining the Calumet river on the west at 101st street, in the city of Chicago. Judgment was rendered for the defendants, and the city prosecutes this appeal on the ground that a freehold is involved.

The basis of appellant’s suit is the alleged violation of section 1727 of the…