Legal Opinion

Eckhart v. Irons

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1889PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shops

On the 14th day of January, 1863, Matthew Baffin, being the owner of blocks 5, 6 and 9, in canal trustees’ subdivision of the west half, and the west half of the north-east quarter of section 17, town 39 north, range 14 east, caused the same to be laid out into lots and alleys, and a plat thereof to be made and recorded. The following is a copy of the plat of block 9, in reference to which this controversy arises:

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There is no reference to the dotted line shown on the plat, and supposed to he twenty feet from Monroe and Adams streets, either in the acknowledgment of the plat, in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. HeathIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Town of Princeton v. TempletonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Fuller v. ArmsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1873
  4. City of Belleville v. StookeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  5. Noble v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Ridley v. HaimanTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Gardner v. MaffittSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  3. Chicago Title & Trust Co v. Wabash-Randolph Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Fraley, Adm'r v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  5. D. M. Goodwillie Co. v. Commonwealth Electric Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909

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