Transportation Co. v. Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to- the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This is an action of trespass on the case by the Northern Transportation Company of Ohio against Chicago, 111., to recover damages sustained by reason of the construction by that city of a tunnel under the Chicago River along the line of La Salle Street.
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Error to- the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This is an action of trespass on the case by the Northern Transportation Company of Ohio against Chicago, 111., to recover damages sustained by reason of the construction by that city of a tunnel under the Chicago River along the line of La Salle Street. The company offered evidence tending to prove that it possessed a certain lot in Chicago, with dock and wharfing rights and privileges; that it owned a line of steamers running between Ogdensburgh, New York, and Chicágo, and touching at intermediate…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
We are of opinión that no error has been shown in this record, though the assignments are very numerous. The action was case to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs in consequence of the action of the city authorities in constructing a tunnel or passageway along the line of La Salle Street and under the Chicago River, where it crosses that street. The plaintiffs were the lessees of a lot bounded on the east by the street, and on the south by the river, and the principal injury of which they complain is, that by the operations of the city they were…
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