People ex rel. Rinne v. Blocki
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county sustaining a demurrer to the amended petition filed in said court in the name of the People, on the relation of William P. Einne, against Frederick W. Blocki, commissioner of public works of the city of Chicago, praying for a writ of mandamus commanding him, as such commissioner, to remove certain switch tracks from…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county sustaining a demurrer to the amended petition filed in said court in the name of the People, on the relation of William P. Einne, against Frederick W. Blocki, commissioner of public works of the city of Chicago, praying for a writ of mandamus commanding him, as such commissioner, to remove certain switch tracks from Wallace street, one of the public streets of the city of Chicago, laid therein by Jonathan Pettet and the Indiana Gravel and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hand
It is first contended that the court erred in permitting said Samuel F. Rush to become a party defendant. The petition for leave to become a party defendant, filed by Rush, was verified, and averred that he was a resident and citizen of the city of Chicago and a tax-payer therein; that he was, and had been for over three years, an occupant, as tenant, of six lots and the buildings thereon; that the rear of said lots and buildings extended for one hundred and fifty feet adjacent to and along the switch tracks mentioned in the petition for mandamus; that he had a lease on said premises until…
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