Merrill v. City of Wheaton

This cause is before this court on leave granted to review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Second District, which reversed a judgment of the circuit court of Kane county and entered judgment for appellee. Appellant’s complaint is for damages occasioned by the removal, by the city of Wheaton, appellee, of an enclosed stairway at the rear of her building, the cost of alterations and loss of rents occasioned by such removal.

Appellant owned a house and lot in the city of Wheaton, in a district restricted, by a zoning ordinance of said city, to one-family occupancy. On September 16,…