Illinois Supreme Court December 20, 1900 (Davenport & Rock Island Bridge Railway & Terminal Co. v. Johnson)

Mr. Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants in error, Walter Johnson and Frederick Hass, filed separate bills in equity in the circuit-court of Rock Island county against plaintiffs in error, alleging that complainants were owners of lots fronting on Mississippi street, (now called First avenue,) in the city of Rock Island, lying between their lots and the