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PEOPLE EX REL. GUTKNECHT v. EMERSON

Gen. No. 47,028.

14 Ill. App.2d 370 (1957)

144 N.E.2d 841

People of State of Illinois ex rel. John Gutknecht, State's Attorney for County of Cook, State of Illinois, and Charles B. O'Malley, District Engineer of Building and Zoning Bureau, Appellees, v. John Emerson, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Released for publication September 30, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Barrett, and Robert A. Sprecher, both of Chicago, for appellant.

John Gutknecht, State's Attorney of Cook county, of Chicago (Gordon Nash, Martin R. Handelman, Robert G. Mackey, Charles Dana Snewind, Francis X. Riley, William Sylvester White, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel) for plaintiffs-appellees.

JUDGE FRIEND delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs brought suit to enjoin the defendant, John Emerson, from commercially using, or allowing a two-story converted barn (popularly known as the Play Barn) on his property to be commercially used, as a dance hall or a general recreational hall for the private entertainment of various groups of people renting the facilities. The complaint alleged such use to be a public nuisance, as well as a violation of the provisions...

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