Woodburn v. Russell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
In the early part of 1911, Charles H. Woodburn owned about 17 acres of land lying a short distance west of the west limits of the City of Sterling. The tract was oblong and not entirely regular in its boundaries. Its length from north to south much exceeded its width from east to west. The Lincoln highway passed along its south boundary. Woodburn subdivided the tract into 81 lots with streets and alleys, and called the subdivision “Meadow Lawn.” The subdivision was intended for residential purposes. He planned to have the lots…
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