Haskell v. Howard
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Douglas county; the Hon. Franklin H. Boggs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Farmer
This appeal is prosecuted to review a decree of the circuit court of Douglas county dismissing for want of equity a bill in chancery filed by appellant.
Appellant, W. J. Haskell, on December 5, 1911, secured from appellee William F. Howard the privilege of placing a bill-board on the private premises of said appellee in the incorporated city of Villa Grove, Illinois, for a period of five years. It is stipulated the bill-board was constructed of lumber and properly placed on the lot of Howard, facing the right of way of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, and as placed was not…
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