, 1880-03-30
Impending Trouble Over the De.
cision OF the Missouri
River Business.
Flnttoring Prospects for the
Northern pncitic In ALI
Branches ofTrnfiic.
Tho Western Indiana Ordinance Pro-
nouncod invalid by the APP
pellate Court.

yesterday by tho Appellate Court WIS that
III tho case Of Fisher vs.. The Chicago & Vest
eru Indiana Railroad Company. Thls was
bill by Fisher nnl others rs owners OF renA
estate In Chicago about 10 Do taken for rntl-
rontt PURPOSES to restrain tho Company from
taking suc 1Anl or constructing railroad
TO br operated by steam power over and ilear
such lands within tho CITY Of Chicago. The
bill stated That tho railroad Company was
incorporated ,lndgr the Railroad act Of tsIs,
and claln,ed The right to construct Its truck
untler such net, and alsU under n city ordi-
nance Of Sept. 8. 1870, which, 1t WIS claimed,
was void. 4 demurrer wns filed to tho bill
md sustained. and tic bill dismissed. The
petitioners then took m appeal, and tho APP
pc11ate Court reversed tho decree Of the
Court below. Judge McAllistcr, In render
luz tho opinion Of the Court, snfd:
The principal questions aro whether tho Rail-
rDnu Culnpu,iy possessed tho power t0 construct
Its rou1l III the city by virtue ut tho stafuto Of
% tl,e clty arsnacs; @ @ isio ,iti,ato question heinx
whether the act threNtcngd tu be udne uMer
claim OF right was mt IN fnct, md In law, With;
on. Or bSyd te leESl poMers cf ei ; 1aa Ha @
si',ercd iii in their natural order.
iucnrmrntcd city or vlllMgc, and establishing Its
terminus therein It It's own nieasrc. y gvs.n, to
t9 t,u5 u Gos 81 ~ 1sri ~ Win eonfers
upon cach r,,lroaa company orK,ln'zed nm
rnuto ~ i"v c,t its rond mt excreillnu
lta feet In width, mud to construct the sniIlg.
t 'aat 9t m aiIx eae IL tno act o r"
c"porntion might. ,!s 9elcr1.l r!ie, Gstaai!sh
nv ~ E' sn,n;, u'rffnn cn,iimins lin nrr,vs,,
'.tat nothing IN this net c',ltulI!etl shal be con
AtrtIi,l to authorize tho construction Ut nr1y rlt-
Rtrnrt Ill CItV lt
,rp',e, "u tow % Or vso Viz withn.1t W tie ssent 1t
91 snr ,rn e'ty tow 9r yilagG In
I,wrr af s11cf eurt,orasiun to construct iis rui-
fns whSrc t,,,I t pSttSs t 1vbc,ncr
tt i9,n,stc ~ ~ Sn.,i 1s7p ni,rnnrt s'p r., vir.,
sstuh csnsent to tho ltailroad Cnlnpany III ques-
1a ~ and a@o nus nrinp ,'sr ali xaverued Gy
te g!esHIons Of the oenoral incorporation net
u a ~. io,v ,,omau,a tbct tha counc,, shou nro-
serie se i9e%toi, Il ts Iailsosa wt!a rs4sS; s5s
a oaf , ~ II III In " SnoseI sas raroad VIE 1esona
J,H1n,t u,,ogP @ i,pt ,io1ortai ~ fho 1f,.j1rnnl
tmnav TX uv Itself % ,iscretion in tint bcbMf. the
opInanSc 'is Il vod up1a its iaec While Tilt or.
n!nance psoteases - 4aao et c.na q t. too bc br
mntter to tha tiiscretIon Of th5 Hniruau Com
pnny. The on oply foatare approximatins I % I'd deiInit-
thaf tho starting ri % nt n ,ho q, SSath i, Gty ~
wcs. ltnn ' nf stcwart aycnue. Tbat Is dornit
I,fr IN tho 1orthorn teIninna and fnii dscretIan
- p~en r. tho 1tnIIrnad Cn,tHv IL estnbifsh nnt,
esar 1 sS easf sha Il .ao stao
strnct. and hotwcnn Sixteenth and tho south linz
Of van nursn street-mnn a. t are@ Icy eervIentm re - 70
1on,lo,,s u estv'@whlnS ID this exposcI to tho
33s,tnnrata rmi.is of incorposatci uiycntir,,rs'
~ ~. tao'F a ~, con ~ hc1I ,ai
nor ti,a aS Honnrni M fnnnrnorat,nn aot far eitina
and vtllages aad tho prinoipIcs OF tho eommot,