Fish v. Walsh

Appellees filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county-seeking to enjoin appellant from constructing a gasoline filling station on his premises at the corner of Kedzie avenue and Washington boulevard, in the city of Chicago. The court entered a decree in accordance with the prayer of the bill and granted an appeal direct to this court under the usual recital in the decree that the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved and that in his opinion the public interest requires a direct appeal.

Appellees are property owners in the block in which the proposed filling station was being…