Village of St. Anne v. Coyer

The plaintiff in error village filed its bill in chancery in the circuit court of Kankakee county praying for an injunction against the defendant in error to restrain him from encroaching upon a street of the village, known as Chicago avenue, by the proposed erection of a building. The answer of the defendant in error admitted such a street, of the width of forty-five feet, existed, but insisted that the place where he was proceeding to erect a building was outside and beyond the limits of the street. Upon a hearing the chancellor dismissed the bill of the plaintiff in error village and…