Bowen v. Galloway

In December, 1868, and before that time, a map of block 13, in Ogden’s addition to Chicago, recorded in the recorder’s office of Cook county, was as follows:

■ Plat of Block IS of Ogden’s Addition to Chicago.

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That half of the block lying on Sangamon street was originally platted in eight lots, fronting on Sangamon street and running back to an alley near the centre of the block.

These lots fronting on Sangamon street (with the exception of lot 8, which occupied the corner of Sangamon and Hubbard streets) were 40 feet wide on Sangamon street, and run back to the alley, a distance of…