Martin v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad

The appellee filed a petition in the county court of Lake county to condemn a right of way over twenty-six tracts of real estate, but before the trial the petition was dismissed as to all except eight tracts, each of the appellants being the owner of one of these eight tracts. The appellant Martin’s tract contained -a little more than fifteen acres, of which it was sought to condemn 1.31 acres. The appellant Peabody’s tract contained nearly ninety acres, of which it was sought to condemn four and one-half acres. The jury allowed $2000 as compensation for the strip taken from Martin’s tract…