St. John v. Quitzow

Citations

• 72 Ill. 334

Syllabus

<p>1. Landlord and tenant—when tenant may dispute landlord’s title. As a general proposition, a tenant can not dispute his landlord’s title, but he may show it has terminated either by its own limitation or by his own conveyance.</p> <p>2. Conveyances—reservation of right to streets. Where the owner of property which is platted in lots and streets sells a lot, and reserves the right to vacate the streets, it is equivalent to a reservation of all his title thereto, and the purchaser of the lot will not acquire title to any part of the street on which it abuts, in case it is afterwards vacated.</p> <p>3. Same—when the law vests fee in city, purchaser takes no title. Where the law vests the fee of streets in the municipality, the purchaser of a lot abutting on a street takes no interest in the street, other than what he has in common with the public; and if the street is afterwards vacated, the fee will return to the original proprietor.</p>