Legal Opinion

City of Mt. Carmel v. McClintock

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1895PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Wabash county; the Hon. S. Z. Landes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This was a bill in chancery, brought by Mary A. E. McClintock and Marcus D. McClintock, her husband, against the city of Mt. Carmel, for an injunction. The bill alleges, in substance, that the complainants are the owners of lot 455 and a part of lot 453, in the city of Mt. Carmel, lying on the north side of and adjacent to Eighth street, and occupy the same, with their family, as their homestead; that the city threatens and is about to tear down the complainants’ fence, cut down their valuable shade trees of many years’ growth, dig away the soil of their lots and lay a sidewalk thereon, and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fisher v. BennehoffIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Bauer v. GottmanhausenIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Thomas v. SaylesIllinois Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Village of Itasca v. SchroederIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Ames v. ThrenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
  3. City of Decatur v. NiedermeyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. McCracken v. City of JolietIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Cragg v. LevinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908

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