J. Burton Co. v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
Appellee, the J. Burton Company, filed its- bill in the circuit court of Cook county against the city of Chicago and three individuals, to enjoin them from interfering with the work of excavating for and building a vault under an alley in the city of Chicago. The bill alleged that the complainant was the owner-of certain real estate, in the rear of which was a public alley over which the city had jurisdiction and control; that on February .5, 1908, the city council passed an ordinance the first two sections of which are as follows:
“Sec. 1. No person shall use any space underneath the surface…
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