Rose v. Village of Elizabethtown
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Hardin county; the Hon. Julius C. Kbrn, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
This was a bill filed by defendant in error, Sarah E. Rose, in the circuit court of Hardin county, to restrain the village of Elizabethtown, its officers and agents, from interfering with a tract of land which she claims is her private property but which said village authorities claim as a public street. The court granted an injunction as asked for in the bill. The cause has been brought here by writ of error.
The land now constituting this village was originally owned by James McEarlan. In 1841 he laid out what is now called the “old plat,” which includes most of the western part of said…
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