Doane v. Lake Street Elevated Railroad

This is a bill for an injunction by appellant, as abutting property owner, to restrain appellee from building an elevated street railroad in Lake street, in the city of Chicago. The circuit court of Cook county sustained a demurrer to the bill and dismissed it for want of equity. The Appellate Court having affirmed that decree, this appeal is prosecuted.

The bill alleges that complainant is the owner of five business houses, numbered 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41, fronting on the street between the east line of Market street and the east line of Wabash avenue, holding title to the lots on which they…