City of Chicago v. Tribune Co.

The title to school lands in the city of Chicago is vested-in the city by a grant from the State in "trust for the use of schools, and the control and management of the same are vested in a board of education of twenty-one members, subject to control by the legislature and with powers defined by thé statute. On May 8, 1880, the appellee, the Tribune Company, was occupying under an existing lease lots 12, 13 and 14 in block 142, in School Section addition to Chicago, which was school property, and had improved the same with a building, which it occupied for the purposes of its business. On…