Sears v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vickers
Herbert M.' Sears, as trustee under the will of Caroline B. Sears, claiming to be the owner of lots 1, 6 and 7, in block 138, of School Section addition to the city of Chicago) filed a bill in equity in the circuit court of Cook county against the city of Chicago to enjoin said city from enforcing an ordinance passed February 5, 1906, prescribing the terms and conditions under which abutting property owners mig'ht use fhe sub-sidewalk space adjacent to their lots for private purposes in connection with the buildings located on such lots.
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