Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county which dismissed the appellant’s petition to condemn property described therein, on the ground that the appellant was without authority to condemn the property.

The various grounds urged here against the legal right of appellant to condemn land for railroad purposes were urged in the recent case of Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Co. v. Heidenreich, 254 Ill. 231, and we there held said company was authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain. After giving due consideration to the arguments of counsel advanced in…