Maremont v. Ovenu

Isaac Maremont and Sarah E. Sharp filed their bill in the circuit court of Cook county to enjoin Moses Ovenu from altering or damaging a party wall upon the line between two adjoining and improved parcels of real estate in the city of Chicago. By an amended answer the defendant denied the material allegations of the bill. A replication was filed to the answer. Thereafter the defendant filed a cross-bill against the original complainants, claiming ownership by adverse possession not only of the wall but also of the ground upon which the wall stands, and seeking an injunction restraining…