Ryerson v. City of Chicago

Per Curiam :

The council of the city of Chicago passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of any space or the construction or maintenance of any structure under any street or other public ground in the city without a permit from the commissioner of public works and requiring compensation for the use of any such space. The appellant, being the owner of a building at'the corner of Adams street and Wabash avenue and having occupied the' space under the sidewalk adjoining his premises, filed his bill for an injunction restraining the city and its officers from forcibly compelling the observance of…