Davis v. Northwestern Elevated Railroad

Appellee was engaged in building an elevated railroad between Wilson avenue and Harrison street, and it became necessary to acquire the west fifty feet of lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, in sub-lot 4, Sheffield’s addition to Chicago, in section 32, township 40, north, range 14, east of third principal meridian. On these lots were situated seventeen tenement buildings, located on Bissell street, and it became necessary to take about-five feet off the rear of said buildings, in addition to the wooden porches thereof. The petition for condemnation was…