H. A. Hillmer Co. v. Behr

This was a bill filed by the H. A. Hillmer Company, a corporation, and Henry A. Hillmer, as one of its stockholders, in the circuit court of Stephenson county, against appellee, Martha Behr, to enjoin her from continuing the erection of a building on a certain tract of land in the city of Freeport, on the ground that it was a public street. It was afterward amended so as to include a prayer that the said tract of land be declared a public street or alley and the title thereto quieted in the city. Answer and replication were filed. After a hearing the bill was dismissed for want of equity.

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