Legal Opinion

City of Chicago v. Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 15, 1905No. Gen. No. 11,982Published

Mandamus proceeding. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1904.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Jttstice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the city of Chicago and the Commissioner of Public Works of said city from a judgment of the Superior Court of Cook county on a petition filed by the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company, entitled a “Petition for Mandamus,” and praying that the said city and its Commissioner of Public Works “be compelled by the judgment or order of the court to grant to the petitioner permission to lay a second main track across 79th, 80th and 81st streets in said city of Chicago.” '

The order or decree appealed from is treated by…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Central Transportation Co. v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. People ex rel. Walker v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. McCartney v. Chicago & Evanston RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Snell v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. DunbarIllinois Supreme Court · 1880

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