Moskal v. Catholic Bishop

The plaintiff’s complaint prays for a decree to declare null and void an ordinance vacating a portion of an alley and to enjoin the erection of a church on the vacated portion of the alley. The court dismissed the complaint for want of equity after hearing before a master and argument on exceptions to his report. The City of Chicago, a municipal corporation, appellee herein, states that in the trial court this appellee interposed a defense based upon the proposition that the ordinance herein questioned is valid; that the law supporting this proposition is sufficiently brought to the attention…