Keith v. Goldsmith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. P. Vail, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed by appellant against the appellees, charging that the appellees have violated a written contract with the appellant in relation to a building line upon their respective lots, which adjoin each other; and praying that a certain addition, alleged to be in process of erection contrary to the terms of the contract, may be removed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. P. Vail, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed by appellant against the appellees, charging that the appellees have violated a written contract with the appellant in relation to a building line upon their respective lots, which adjoin each other; and praying that a certain addition, alleged to be in process of erection contrary to the terms of the contract, may be removed. The bill was demurred to, and the court below sustained the demurrer, and dismissed the bill. Appellant excepted to the decree of the court, and elected to stand…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
By the contract entered into between appellant and George A. Goldsmith, the latter and his assigns had a right to erect steps, porches and bay windows in the space west of the building line agreed upon. The appellees commenced the erection of a structure upon their lot, the plan of which shows that there is to be, as a part of that structure, a bay window and porch and front steps west of the building line and within the space reserved in front of the building line. The main question in the case is whether the projection or extension, which the appellees have commenced to erect, is or is not…
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