City of Chicago v. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Branch “C” Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
Defendant in error, the city of Chicago, filed a bill of complaint in chancery, and afterwards an amended and supplemental bill, in the circuit court of Cook county, against the plaintiff in error, the Chicago and Oak Park Elevated Railroad Company, (formerly the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company,) praying for discovery and an accounting, alleging, in substance, that the city council of the city of Chicago had passed certain ordinances which were accepted by the plaintiff in error company or its predecessors. The ordinances were set out as exhibits to the bill. Exhibit “A” was an…
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