Rich v. City of Chicago

These cases purport to arise upon proceedings instituted by the corporate authorities of the city of Chicago, for the condemnation of land, in order to widen Michigan Avenue from Twenty-second to Thirty-second street, in the city.

Application was made at the March term, 1870, of the Superior Court of Chicago, for judgment upon the collector’s report, and judgment ordered, from which an appeal was taken to this court.

The questions presented, which we propose to consider, being common to all of the cases, they will, consequently, all be treated as one case.

The first point made, questions the…