Knopf v. Lake Street Elevated Railroad

The Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company, the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Company, the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company, the South Side Elevated Railroad Company and the Union Elevated Railroad Company, filed" each its bill of complaint in the circuit court of Cook county against Philip Knopf, county clerk of said county, and others, as collectors, to enjoin Knopf, as such clerk, from extending upon the tax books of said county the assessments made by the board of review of Cook county for the year 1901, upon the “rolling stock; steel superstructure, tracks, rails, ties,…