City of Chicago v. Alton R. R. Co.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the municipal court of Chicago in an action against the appellant, the Alton Railroad Company, (hereinafter for convenience called the railroad,) to recover an aggregate amount of $214 charged against it under the ordinances of the city of Chicago, the appellee, (hereinafter for convenience called the city). These charges were fees for the inspection of three buildings of the railroad in Chicago and for inspections of its passenger and freight elevators. Judgment was rendered in favor of the city for $169. This was for all the fees claimed except those…