Revell v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. This was an information in equity, brought in the circuit court of Cook county in the name of the People, by the Attorney General, against Alexander H. Revell, as the owner of a certain tract of land bordering" on Lake Michigan.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. This was an information in equity, brought in the circuit court of Cook county in the name of the People, by the Attorney General, against Alexander H. Revell, as the owner of a certain tract of land bordering" on Lake Michigan. The information alleges that so much of Lake Michigan as is included by lines running" north from the point where the eastern boundary of the State of Illinois strikes the southern bend of said lake, to a point in the middle of the said lake in north latitude forty-two degrees…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
It has been suggested in the argument of counsel for appellant that the People have no interest in this litigation,—that the real parties in interest are the commissioners of Lincoln. Park. We do not regard this position as sustained by the record. The suit was instituted in the name of the People, by the Attorney General. The commissioners of Lincoln Park, as a board, have taken no action whatever in reference to the commencement or prosecution of the action, nor have they any interest in the result except such as may be shared by the people at large. So far as appears, the Attorney General,…
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