County of Cook v. Colonial Oil Corp.

Appellant, Jack Kirka, appeals directly to this court from a judgment in his favor and against the county of Cook, entered by the superior court of Cook County, in the amout of $52,000 as full compensation for the taking of appellant’s property by eminent domain proceedings.

The county of Cook instituted eminent domain proceedings to acquire the parcel of land in question and other parcels for the South Route Expressway, a State-aid route and a Federal-aid interstate route.

The trial before the jury was on the sole question of the fair cash market value of the subject property as of March 27,…