Cook v. South Park Commissioners
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Chief Justice, presiding. This was an appeal in the circuit court of Cook county, by Mrs. Amanda S. Cook, from an award of commissioners appointed by that court, on the petition of the South Park commissioners, in a proceeding for the condemnation, for park purposes, of certain real estate belonging to her.
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Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Chief Justice, presiding. This was an appeal in the circuit court of Cook county, by Mrs. Amanda S. Cook, from an award of commissioners appointed by that court, on the petition of the South Park commissioners, in a proceeding for the condemnation, for park purposes, of certain real estate belonging to her. The proceedings were had under an act of the general assembly of February 24, 1869. The first section provided for the organization of the Board of South Park Commissioners, which, by the terms of the act, became a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
The law which authorized the commissioners to acquire lands to be held and controlled for a public park, described the lands to be selected.
In determining the compensation to be paid to the owner of the lands taken, the chief question is, at what time shall their value be estimated ?
In behalf of the commissioners, it is assumed that the proper time was when the law became operative, by ratification by the voters; that then the property ivas irrevocably appropriated for public use; the owner was then divested of the beneficial enjoyment of it; deprived of all right to convey or improve it; and…
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