Shirk v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed by the appellant on October 21, 1897, and amended on May 16, 1901, against the appellees, the city of Chicago and the South Park Commissioners, to remove certain alleged clouds upon the title to a strip of land thirty feet wide on the east side of Michigan avenue, running from the south line of Park row to the north line of Twelfth street, and to enjoin the city and…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed by the appellant on October 21, 1897, and amended on May 16, 1901, against the appellees, the city of Chicago and the South Park Commissioners, to remove certain alleged clouds upon the title to a strip of land thirty feet wide on the east side of Michigan avenue, running from the south line of Park row to the north line of Twelfth street, and to enjoin the city and park commissioners from asserting any right, title, or interest, in or to said strip, or from interfering with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Michigan avenue in the city of Chicago, as originally laid out between lot 1 in block 23 of the canal commissioners’ subdivision of fractional section 15, town 39, range 14, on the east, and lots 9,12 and 13 of block 21 on the west was one hundred and twenty feet wide, as shown by said plat and the plat subsequently made of Johnston •& Laflin’s subdivision. In other words, Michigan avenue between Park row on the north and Twelfth street on the south, was originally laid out as a street one hundred and twenty feet wide. Appellant claims to be the owner of the east thirty feet of Michigan…
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- City of Sullivan v. TichenorIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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