U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois June 29, 1896 (Beeson v. City of Chicago)

GROSSOUP, District Judge.

This is a bill by Anne L. Beeson, a citizen of Michigan, against the city of Chicago, William D. Kent, commissioner of public works, and the General Electric Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois; all being, for the purposes of jurisdiction, citizens of Illinois.