City of Chicago v. McShane
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action to Recover Damages, for lowering the grade of a street. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been occasioned by lowering the grade of Forty-seventh street in front of the appellees’ premises. The suit as originally brought included as defendants the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Companies, as well as the City of Chicago, the appellant herein, but was subsequently discontinued as to the railroad companies.
It appears that appellees’ premises have a frontage of twenty-five feet on Forty-seventh street and are bounded on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Frazer v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Hohmann v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Kotz v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Rich v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated R. R. v. GollAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
3Cited by6 opinions
- Eizerman v. BehnAppellate Court of Illinois · 1956
- Munjal v. Baird & Warner, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1985
- Cuneo v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
- Nauyoks v. StateCourt of Claims of Illinois · 1941
- Payson v. Village of MilanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
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