Northwestern Elevated Railroad v. City of Chicago
Illinois Circuit Court
Bill for injunction and cross-bill. Circuit court of Cook county Gen. No. 244,799. Heard upon motion for a temporary injunction upon the bill and affidavits in support thereof, and the separate answers of the City of Chicago and commissioner of public works of the city of Chicago. Heard before Judge Murray B. Tuley.
1Opinion of the Court
Tuley, J.:
This bill is brought to determine the right under three certain ordinances of the city of Chicago, to extend platforms in connection with the elevated roads erected under said ordinances, and to restrain the city of Chicago from interfering with their so doing, under a permit granted by the commissioner of public works.
The ordinances, upon which the right to extend such platforms is claimed, are:
First. That of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company, the complainant in this case. January 8, 1894, an ordinance was passed by the city council, granting to said railroad company the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Ligare v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Turnpike Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- City of Chicago v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- City of Chicago v. RumseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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