North Chicago City Railway Co. v. Town of Lake View
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate "Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes,- Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District, affirming a conviction in the Criminal Court of Cook county of the North Chicago Railway Company, for using steam as a motive power in operating its railway along and over one of the public streets of the town of Lake View, in Cook county, contrary to the provisions of an ordinance of that town.
The fact of the company’s using steam for the purpose of propelling its cars along the street in contravention of an ordinance of the town, is conceded; but the act is sought to be justified on two grounds, both of which…
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