Wente v. Commonwealth Fuel Co.

William Wente, appellee, filed his bill in the superior court of Cook county praying for an injunction restraining Commonwealth Fuel Company, appellant, from piling its coal against the west wall of the complainant’s building and from operating its coal hopper in the manner in which it had previously been operated. The grounds upon which the complainant asked for an injunction were, that the piling of the coal against his building was a continuing trespass, and that the operation of the coal hopper as it had been operated caused smoke, dust and cinders to permeate the air and fill his house,…