Lehmann v. Revell

This is a direct appeal from the superior court of Cook county seeking to reverse a decree of that court which quiets the title of the complainants as to the removal of certain building restrictions on property in Chicago bounded on the north by Belmont avenue, on the south by Diversey parkway, on the east by Lake Shore drive, and on the west by Sheridan road and Commonwealth avenue. The controversy arose out of the facts hereinafter stated.

In 1895 the legislature of Illinois passed an act entitled, “An act to enable park commissioners having control of any park bordering upon public waters…