Krueding v. Chicago Dock & Canal Co.

Mr. Justice; Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

Herman Krueding and Elizabeth Schmidt, by their amended bill filed in the circuit court of Cook county, prayed for the restoration of a deed under which they claimed title to a large tract of land in the city of Chicago, which deed was alleged to have been lost or stolen, to establish and declare their title to the real estate and to remove alleged clouds upon such title. It was alleged that the appellees, the city of Chicago and a great number of persons and corporations who were made defendants, made some claim of ownership and title…