McCracken v. City of Joliet

A bill was filed in the circuit court of Will county by plaintiff in error, William S. McCracken, against the city of Joliet and James R. Lamb, an adjoining property owner, to enjoin said city and said Lamb from interfering with the construction of a brick building by McCracken on the land which he claimed as part of his lot but which the city authorities claimed to be an encroachment of about three and one-half feet on what always had been and should be reserved for sidewalk purposes as part of the street. After the pleadings were settled a hearing was had before the chancellor, which…