Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
This is a suit in equity to restrain, by injunction, the city of Chicago, its mayor, commissioner of public works and superintendent of police, their agents and servants, from interfering with, removing or injuring an awning erected by appellant in front of its premises.
It appears that on December 19, 1887, the following order was made by the city council:
1‘ Ordered, that the commissioner of public works be and he is hereby directed to issue a permit to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. to erect a cover of glass and iron over the shipping doors on Wabash avenue, corner of Lake street, the…
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