CITY OF CHICAGO v. PENN. R.R. CO.

No. 41035.

41 Ill.2d 245 (1968)

242 N.E.2d 152

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WINSTON, STRAWN, SMITH & PATTERSON, of Chicago, (CHARLES J. CALDERINI, EDWARD J. WENDROW, and RICHARD J. BRENNAN, of counsel,) for appellants.

RAYMOND F. SIMON, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (MARVIN E. ASPEN and EDMUND HATFIELD, Assistants Corporation Counsel, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a mandatory injunction issued by the circuit court of Cook County in an action brought by the City of Chicago against the defendant Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The injunction ordered the removal of certain advertisements that were painted, without the consent of the City, on the sides of the defendant's privately owned railroad bridges where they traverse...

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