Pew v. City of Litchfield

Pew instituted this suit in mandamus against the city of Litchfield, its mayor and aldermen, averring that on the 11th day of September, 1890, the defendants wrongfully and illegally permitted one George A. Sihler to occupy and use for his own private gain and purpose a portion of Harrison street in said city, to wit: a strip of ground 32 feet in width, east of and adjacent to lots one and two of block 'one of the original town of Litchfield; that Sihler and his grantee have wrongfully converted and used the same as their own property, and have obstructed said street by grading and improving…