Chicago Cold Storage Warehouse Co. v. People ex rel. Stirling

delivered. the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment, awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus, requiring the appellant to remove a certain sidewalk in Indiana avenue in the city of Chicago. The case was tried by the court without a jury upon issues raised by the amended petition, the amended answer to the petition, and the special replication to the answer.

The petition alleges that the relators are citizens and residents of Chicago, and that the Chicago Cold Storage Warehouse Company occupies with its warehouse, and does business upon, certain premises fronting upon said…