Cook v. City of Chicago

On the 30th September, 1869, the appellant filed in the court below a bill in chancery, for the partition of a tract of land containing eighty acres, situated in Cook county. The city of Chicago claimed an adverse title to the land, and, for the purpose of determining this controverted question of title, the city was made a party defendant to the bill, agreeably to the provisions of the statute in such case made and provided. The case was heard upon the pleadings and proofs, and a pro forma decree entered, dismissing the bill without prejudice. An appeal was taken by the complainant from this…