Forest Preserve District v. Kean
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Appellee, the Forest Preserve District of Cook county, filed its amended petition July 6, 1920,- in the superior court to condemn for its purposes 116 acres of land belonging to appellant, Ann E. Kean. A trial was had and the jury awarded her $40,000, or $344.37 per acre, as compensation for the land taken. Judgment was rendered on the award and she has prosecuted this appeal from the judgment.
The land is unsubdivided land in the village of Spring Forest, which is an incorporated village made up by the consolidation of the villages of Mount Forest and Willow Springs. Immediately east of and…
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