City of Joliet v. Blower
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Bluff street, in the city of Joliet, runs north and south along the base of a hill. Broadway is the next street west, and is on the top of the hill. Hickory street is the next street west of Broadway, and these streets are parallel with each other.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Bluff street, in the city of Joliet, runs north and south along the base of a hill. Broadway is the next street west, and is on the top of the hill. Hickory street is the next street west of Broadway, and these streets are parallel with each other. Exchange street runs west from Bluff street, and intersects Broadway and Hickory. Lots 4 and 7, in block 14, in West Joliet, lie sixty feet north from Exchange street, between…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
Three grounds are urged for the reversal of the judgment:
First—It is claimed that there was error in the rulings of the trial court upon the instructions in regard to the matter of the liability of the city to respond to appellees in damages for so changing the grade of Exchange street as to prevent access from Broadway to it, and, by means of it, communication with the main and business portions of the city, whereby the property of appellees was depreciated in value. There was no substantial error in any of these rulings. It is well settled that under the constitution and laws of this State…
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