Poole v. City of Lake Forest
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. C. H. Donnelly, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This is a bill filed by Abram Poole and others to quiet their title and to remove, as a cloud therefrom the claim of the city of Lake Forest to a parcel of land located between the east line of lots 30 and 31 and the western shore of Lake Michigan.
In 1857 the trustees of the Lake Forest Association, being possessed, as trustees, of sundry lands in townships 43 and 44 in Lake county, bordering on Lake Michigan, made a subdivision of said lands into a town fronting on Lake Michigan. They divided the lands into lots for private ownership, and into streets, lanes, alleys and parks for public use.…
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