City of Chicago v. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railroad

This is a suit brought by the city of Chicago, appellant, against the Chicago and Oak Park Elevated Railroad Company, appellee, in the municipal court of Chicago, to recover penalties for 304 alleged violations of an ordinance of the city of Chicago.

Appellee in 1890 was authorized by an ordinance of the city of Chicago to construct an elevated railroad in Lake street, in that city, from Wabash avenue to Fifty-second avenue, which was then the western limit of the city. At that time the corporate name of the appellee was “The Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company.” The road so authorized was…