Littler v. City of Lincoln
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. Suit was commenced by the city of Lincoln against David T. Littler, before a justice of the peace of Logan county, for obstructing certain streets. The justice rendered judgment for Littler, and the city appealed to the circuit court of that county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. Suit was commenced by the city of Lincoln against David T. Littler, before a justice of the peace of Logan county, for obstructing certain streets. The justice rendered judgment for Littler, and the city appealed to the circuit court of that county. Judgment was there rendered in favor of the city, and against Littler, for $200. Littler appealed from this judgment to the Appellate Court for the Third District, and that court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
In the view we take of this case it is not necessary to consider the effect of the action of the city council in response to appellant’s petition of November 18, 1878, to vacate the portion of the plat therein described. By the statute then and still in force, it was and is provided, by section 6, of chapter 109, Rev. Stat. 1874: “Any such plat”—i. e., plat of a town, or addition thereto,—“may be vacated by the owner of the premises at any time before the sale of any lot therein, by a written instrument declaring the same to be vacated, executed, acknowledged or proved, and recorded in like…
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