City of Chicago v. Union Building Ass'n
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. William H. Babnum, 'Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. Babnum, 'Judge, presiding. The Union Building Association filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county, against the city of Chicago, alleging therein that complainant was a property owner and tax-payer of the city of Chicago, and the owner of a building on the south-west corner of Washington and LaSalle streets, fronting on LaSalle street 100 feet; that there was located on the south-east corner of Washington and LaSalle streets a building,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
We are of opinion that appellee has shown no such special or peculiar injury to its property as entitles it to an injunction, even if it be conceded that the proposed vacation and closing up of a part of La Salle street is illegal.
Appellee’s building and. lot are some three and a half blocks distant from the part of La Salle street proposed to be vacated and closed up. It is not, nor could it reasonably be, claimed that the closing up of this portion of the street in any degree interferes with access to appellee’s lot, or with its use and enjoyment. The streets adjacent to it all remain in…
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