Trustees of the Illinois & Michigan Canal v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a proceeding by petition, on the part of the city of' Chicago, for the purpose of widening an alley, into a street eighty feet in width.
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This was a proceeding by petition, on the part of the city of' Chicago, for the purpose of widening an alley, into a street eighty feet in width. The prayer of the petition was allowed and commissioners were named to examine and report upon the necessity of the appropriation, the value of the land to be condemned, and. the injury to the owner or owners thereof, and to assess and apportion the damages and expenses of the improvement on real estate, which they might deem benefited thereby, apportioning injury and benefits, &c. A portion of the property claimed by the Canal Trustees, was…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This proceeding was instituted for the purpose of opening a street in the city of Chicago. Commissioners were appointed to report as to the necessity of the measure, and the value of the ground to be appropriated; and alsp to assess and apportion the expenses of the improvement, against the real estate to be benefited thereby. They reported in favor of opening the street, and included in their assessment of the expenses, the costs of the proceeding, amounting to $120. The report was approved. This Court held, in the case of Morris v. The City of Chicago, 11 Illinois, 650, that jt was error to…
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