Blocki v. People ex rel. South Chicago City Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the’ First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the’ First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. The. relator, the South Chicago City Railway Company, filed its petition in the superior court of Cook county for a writ of mandamus against the appellant, as commissioner of public works of the city of Chicago, to compel him to issue to it a permit to build a double track street railway on Torrence avenue from One Hundred and Sixth street to One Hundred and Tenth street. On March 4, 1895, the city council of the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Most of the brief and argument of counsel for appellant is devoted to the proposition that where the consent of a city to lay tracks in its streets is given upon condition, and there is a failure to comply with the condition, all rights under the consent are forfeited. This position, as we understand, is not controverted by counsel for the appellee. Had the railway company failed to comply with the conditions of the ordinance as to the time in which it should construct its tracks, without justifiable excuse, we think the law too well settled to call for the citation of authorities, that all…
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