PEOPLE EX REL. SHARP v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 34454.

13 Ill.2d 157 (1958)

148 N.E.2d 481

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Mary E. Sharp et al., Appellants, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK E. WARDECKER and CLARENCE F. MARTIN, both of Chicago, for appellants.

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (SYDNEY R. DREBIN, and JAMES R. BRYANT, JR., of counsel,) for appellee City of Chicago, and SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & SMITH, of Chicago, (KENNETH F. BURGESS, JAMES W. KISSEL, and ROBERT A. DOWNING, of counsel,) for appellee Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Company.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

An owner of real estate and others brought a mandamus action in the superior court of Cook County against the city of Chicago and the Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Company, seeking to compel the removal of certain obstructions across land alleged to be portions of a public alley. A summary judgment was rendered for defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal. The appeal is taken...

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