People Ex Rel. Franchere v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county dismissing at petitioner’s costs a petition for mandamus brought in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, on the relation of Gabriel Franchere, Jr., against the city of Chicago, its appropriate officers and the Lincoln State Bank of Chicago, seeking the removal of a building alleged to be erected by the Lincoln State Bank upon a public alley under the control and direction of the city of Chicago.

The place in question was formerly an alley between Wabash avenue and State street (north and south streets) and…