Baker v. Squire

This action is by the owner and tenants of a lot and building to enjoin the tenants of a contiguous building from adding a bay window to the same on four feet of ground in front of said building. The equities alleged are that the said four feet of ground whereon the bay window is about to be erected were dedicated to the public as a part of the pavement of the public square of Springfield, Missouri, by the county court when the building itself was constructed, and that the present use of said four feet of ground attempted by defendants is a public nuisance inflicting special injuries on the…