Metropolitan West Side Elevated R. R. v. Goll
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the Case.—Private property damaged for public use. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action on the case to recover compensation for private property in the city of Chicago, no part of which has been “ taken,” but which it is alleged has been “ damaged ” for public use within the meaning of the constitutional provision upon that subject, by the construction and operation of appellant’s elevated railroad.
It is stated in appellant’s brief, in substance, that appellee made no attempt to prove and hence has abandoned any claim for injuries alleged to have been caused by shutting off light, darkening the…
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