Common Council v. Croas

The appellee was prosecuted before the mayor of Indianapolis, for obstructing an alley in violation of an ordinance of the city. On appeal to the Common Pleas, the defendant had judgment, from which the city appeals to this Court.

In 1837, one Harris laid off an addition to the town of Indianapolis, a plat of which was duly recorded, on which an alley is designated, extending through several blocks. The defendant owns a lot, extending through half a block, bounded by the alley, opposite to which another lot, owned *10by the defendant, and two others, owned by different proprietors, abnt upon the…