City of Chicago v. Stinson

This is an action of ejectment begun on March 11, 1886, by the appellee against the appellant in the Superior Court of Cook county for the recovery of a strip of land forming a p>art of lot 31 in Stinson’s .subdivision of out-lots 1, 2 and 10 in canal trustees’ subdivision section 31 in the city of Chicago. •On October 22, 1887, the cause was by agreement submitted to the court for trial without a jury. The finding and judgment were in favor of the plaintiff below, the appellee here.

The city defended on the ground that the property sought to be recovered had been appropriated and was in use…