Smith v. Hegarty

This is a bill to enjoin defendant, plaintiff’s tenant, from removing a streetcar body from a lot owned by plaintiff. The structure was used as a lunch room, had been set on loose blocks and had a lean-to attached. Under the lean-to some of the supporting cement blocks had been lowered into the ground to make the lean-to come to the same level with the streetcar body. Plaintiff’s lots are 129 and 130, Loire Lawn subdivision, in the city of Lincoln Park.

In December, 1935, defendant applied to the city for a permit so to locate his streetcar body. The request was granted by the city on…