City of Belleville v. Hallowell

Opinion by

Simpson, C.:

The defendants in ei’ror commenced their action against the city of Belleville, a city of the third class, to perpetually enjoin said city from an interference with their possession of a lot of ground owned by them, which originally was a part of an alley running east and west through block seventeen, according to the original survey and recorded plat of said city. It is alleged, among other things, that all of that part of the alley that was located between lots four and five of said block had been duly vacated by ordinance, on the petition of the owners of all the lots…