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WEST CHICAGO ST. RAILROAD v. PEOPLE EX REL. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 241.

201 U.S. 506 (1906)

26 S.Ct. 518

50 L.Ed. 845

WEST CHICAGO STREET RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. CITY OF CHICAGO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1906.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John P. Wilson, with whom Mr. Charles S. Babcock was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James Hamilton Lewis and Mr. Granville W. Browning for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents some questions of jurisdiction and constitutionality arising out of the relative rights and duties of the city of Chicago and the West Chicago Street Railroad Company in respect of a tunnel maintained by that company under the South Branch of Chicago river at or near Van Buren street in that city.

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