Nielsen v. City of Chicago

Jens P. Nielsen filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court of Cook county against the city of Chicago; William E. Dever, mayor; Martin J. O’Brien, city comptroller; John A. Cervenka, city treasurer; A. A. Sprague, commissioner of public works; Joseph F. Haas, registrar of deeds; the Kingdel Realty and Building Corporation; Meyer W. Kippman and Eva Lippman, his wife; the Chicago Title and Trust Company, as trustee; Dwight S. Bobb, as trustee; the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company; Maurice B. Lippman; and Holmes, Pyott & Co. The prayer of the bill as amended was that the court (1)…