South Chicago City Railway Co. v. Calumet Electric St. Ry. Co.

Each of these parties operate, under ordinances of the city of Chicago, lines of street railways in the southern part of the city.

In 1892, when they were laying tracks they made an agreement by which they both agreed that with the exception of crossings mentioned in the agreement, no crossing at grade by one road over the other should ever be .made.

The appellee thereafter procured from the city an ordinance permitting it to put down tracks on more streets, and in putting them down it, vi et armis, made crossings at grade over other places than those the agreement mentioned.

The appellant filed…