City of Geneseo v. Illinois Northern Utilities Co.

These consolidated cases are appeals from the orders of the circuit courts of Henry and McLean counties, which affirmed the orders of the Illinois Commerce Commission dismissing the complaints of appellants. The issues in the two cases are identical, and the material allegations of each complaint are admitted by the answers. In each case the municipality granted to the electric public utility company a franchise or license to place its poles and other electric facilities upon, under or in the streets of the municipality for a definite number of years, which franchise was accepted by the…