PEOPLES GAS LT. CO. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 32332.

413 Ill. 457 (1952)

109 N.E.2d 777

THE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DAILY, DINES, ROSS & O'KEEFE, and SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & SMITH, both of Chicago, (FRANCIS L. DAILY, GEORGE J. O'GRADY, JOSEPH H. MUELLER, KENNETH F. BURGESS, DOUGLAS F. SMITH, and RICHARD L. SELLE, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN J. MORTIMER, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (JOHN C. MELANIPHY, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, a corporation, filed its complaint in the circuit court of Cook County on June 20, 1944, seeking to recover from appellee, the city of Chicago, damages, expenses and costs alleged to have been incurred by the company in connection with the protection, removal and relocation of its mains, structures and facilities made necessary by reason...

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