City of Chicago v. Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railway Co.

Per Curiam :

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the municipal court of Chicago against appellant for $14,130.78. The trial judge certified that the rights of the respective parties depended upon the validity of a municipal ordinance and the public interests required that the appeal should be taken directly to this court.

The city of Chicago, September 23, 1907, passed an ordinance requiring the appellant and the Chicago and Alton Railway Company to re-pave the roadway leading to the Harrison street viaduct, between Clinton and Canal streets, with granite blocks, and providing that'…