Otis Elevator Co. v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John P. McGoorty, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The appellee, the Otis Elevator Company, brought this action on the case in the circuit court of Cook county against the appellant, the city of Chicago, to recover damages to the property of the appellee in the city of Chicago caused by the elevation of the road-bed and tracks of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company (now known as the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company) in pursuance of an ordinance of the city requiring such elevation. The appellant demurred to the amended declaration, and the demurrer being overruled it stood by the demurrer, and a default and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Rigney v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. HeidenreichIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- City of Chicago v. JacksonIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- South Park Commissioners v. AyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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