City of Peoria v. Johnston

This was a bill in chancery brought by Johnston against the city of Peoria, to enjoin it from taking a strip of land about sixteen feet -wide, now forming a part of the inclosure between^ complainant’s house and Main street, in said city, and from making it a part of the street. The city answered, and a replication having been filed and proof taken, the cause came on to a hearing and the court made the injunction perpetual. The strip of land in question is situated in part on the south-east 4, 8 north, 8 east, and in part on the south-west quarter of the same section, and the claim made by…