BRAND v. UNION ELEVATED R.R.

No. 268.

238 U.S. 586 (1915)

BRAND v. UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry S. Mecartney and Mr. John S. Miller for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Roger L. Foote, with whom Mr. Addison L. Gardner, Mr. Randall W. Burne and Mr. Francis W. Walker were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

By ordinary warranty deed from Calvin F. Rice, dated November 13, 1889, Edwin L. Brand became owner in fee simple of a lot, with five-story building (No. 259), fronting east on Wabash Avenue, described as follows: "The North Twenty-five (25) feet of Lot five (5) in Block seven (7) in Fractional Section Fifteen (15) Addition to Chicago." The record reveals no other facts concerning any rights acquired by the...

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