Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad v. Siegel
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. The appellant company having filed its petition to condemn certain leasehold interests of appellees in certain premises, buildings and improvements used for manufacturing purposes, for its use in constructing its elevated-railway, the court allowed appellees Siegel Brothers $138,330, C. F. Baum $13,184, Rubel Brothers $38,000, the Safeguard Account Company $2100 and the American…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. The appellant company having filed its petition to condemn certain leasehold interests of appellees in certain premises, buildings and improvements used for manufacturing purposes, for its use in constructing its elevated-railway, the court allowed appellees Siegel Brothers $138,330, C. F. Baum $13,184, Rubel Brothers $38,000, the Safeguard Account Company $2100 and the American Printing Company $3500. At the request of the parties the items which entered into these total amounts were set forth in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, rendered upon the petition of the appellant company to condemn for its uses, in constructing its elevated railway, certain leasehold interests of the respective appellees in certain premises and buildings and improvements used by appellees, principally for manufacturing purposes.
Counsel for the Siegels, in an elaborate argument, insist that the appeal must be dismissed for the following reasons: First, because no freehold is involved ; second, because, from affidavits and other papers which they have filed, it is claimed…
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