Legal Opinion

Kuecken v. Voltz

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1884PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was a bill in equity, brought by Henry Kuecken and Bertha Reinke, to compel the opening of a certain alley, extending from the west end of two certain lots owned by the complainants, south across the west end of two lots owned by John Voltz, to Chicago avenue. The location of the property and the alley will be better understood and more easily comprehended by an examination of a plat introduced in evidence, which is as follows:

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In 1856 George B. Chandler owned eighty-nine feet front-on Wells street, extending west ninety feet deep on Chicago avenue. On the 15th day of May of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Garrison v. RuddIllinois Supreme Court · 1858
  2. Smiles v. HastingsNew York Supreme Court · 1857

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Waller v. HildebrechtIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  2. D. M. Goodwillie Co. v. Commonwealth Electric Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Gulick v. HamiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Winston v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  5. Woodside v. CiceroniCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899

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