Falter v. Packard
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in partition, begun in the superior court of Cook county by John E. Packard, claiming to be the owner of an undivided half interest in a certain strip of land sixteen feet in width and about six hundred feet long, in the city of Chicago, alleging that his sister, Felicia N. Norris, was the owner of the other undivided half interest in said premises.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in partition, begun in the superior court of Cook county by John E. Packard, claiming to be the owner of an undivided half interest in a certain strip of land sixteen feet in width and about six hundred feet long, in the city of Chicago, alleging that his sister, Felicia N. Norris, was the owner of the other undivided half interest in said premises. The bill made Philip Falter and about forty others parties defendant, together with the city of Chicago, asserting that all the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
The only question in dispute is whether or not the parcel of land described in the bill is private land belonging to the appellee Packard and his sister, or a public alley. Appellants, Philip Falter and others answering with him, apparently have no interest in or claim any title to the premises in dispute but own property abutting the property in question, and for that reason have joined in the appeal. No question was raised as to their right of appeal, and we therefore pass no opinion upon whether or not they are proper parties and have a right to appeal to this court. They have filed a…
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