City of Chicago v. Ward
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for an injunction filed in the Superior Court of Cook county October 16,1890, by A. Montgomery Ward and George R. Thorne, to enjoin the city of Chicago from erecting any buildings on what is known as Lake Park or Lake Front Park.
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for an injunction filed in the Superior Court of Cook county October 16,1890, by A. Montgomery Ward and George R. Thorne, to enjoin the city of Chicago from erecting any buildings on what is known as Lake Park or Lake Front Park. The bill alleges that they are the owners of the south 43 feet of lot 3, and all of lots 4 and 5, in block 15, in Fort Dearborn addition to the city of Chicago, known as Nos. 111-116 Michigan avenue; that valuable buildings are erected on said lots and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The main question involved in this litigation is, has the city of Chicago a right to erect, or to permit to be erected, any buildings on the tract of land known as Lake Park? Lake Park is a tract of land extending from Randolph street on the north to Park Row on the south, and from the west line of Michigan avenue on the west a distance of 400 feet to the west line of the right of way of the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Leaving out Michigan avenue, which has a width of 90 feet, the park would be 310 feet wide and over a mile long.
In order properly to determine this question it will be'…
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