Tibbetts v. West & South Towns Street Railway Co.
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. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding: Appellant filed his bill of complaint, in the circuit court of Cook county, for an injunction against appellee, restraining appellee from further proceeding to construct, and from maintaining and operating,'a line of single or double-track street railway on certain streets in front of his premises in…
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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. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding: Appellant filed his bill of complaint, in the circuit court of Cook county, for an injunction against appellee, restraining appellee from further proceeding to construct, and from maintaining and operating,'a line of single or double-track street railway on certain streets in front of his premises in Chicago. The bill alleged, in substance, that complainant was the owner of a lot having a frontage of 100 feet on Lawndale…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
This was a bill for injunction, and the questions involved arose on appellee’s demurrer to appellant’s bill of complaint.
Counsel for appellee have assigned various grounds in support of their contention that the bill is insufficient to authorize the relief prayed, and elaborate arguments have been made on behalf of both parties ; but as the bill appears to us clearly insufficient in one respect material to appellant’s case, we do not deem it important to pass upon the other questions raised, however interesting they may be, and which, in their natural order, would arise further on in the…
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