Alden Coal Co. v. Challis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. William H. Gest, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Second District affirming a decree of the circuit court of Mercer county dismissing a bill in chancery for want of equity.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. William H. Gest, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Second District affirming a decree of the circuit court of Mercer county dismissing a bill in chancery for want of equity. It appears from the pleadings and proofs that the appellant, in the year 1899, was the owner in fee simple of a tract of 117-J acres of land situated in said county; that it was located about one and one-half miles from Wanlock, about four…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
From the view we take of this case it will not be necessary to consider all the points raised and discussed in the briefs filed by the respective parties, as in the judgment of the court the use of the streets of the town of New Gilchrist was dedicated to the public by the acts of the appellant in staking out the town site and building upon and leasing, for residence and business purposes, its property abutting upon the streets, and that the dedication was accepted by the inhabitants of the town and the general public and that the appellant is estopped to deny such dedication, and that the…
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