Campbell v. City of Chicago

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff sued to enjoin the City from widening the vehicular roadway and narrowing the sidewalk of North State Street in front of his property. It was proposed to take from the walk approximately one-half its width of fourteen feet seven inches and to allocate this space to the roadway. Plaintiff averred that the existing width was necessary for ingress to and egress from his premises, used largely as retail stores; that the reduction would result in congestion of traffic on the narrowed sidewalk, make it extremely difficult for persons to enter and leave his property…