Hoerrmann v. Wabash Railway Co.

A bill was filed in the circuit court of Will county against the Wabash Railway Company and the village of Manhattan, praying for a decree declaring an ordinance of the village vacating a part of Front street void and restraining the Wabash Railway Company from obstructing Front street or continuing to occupy exclusively any part of it for its private use and restraining the village from permitting any such acts by the railway company. Gustav Hoerrmann and Anna Hoerrmann, his wife, were the original complainants. During the progress of the suit Hoerrmann died and the suit was revived in the…