Village of Winnetka v. Murphy

This is an appeal from a judgment of confirmation of special assessments against the property of appellants. The proceedings were brought under section 42a of the Local Improvement act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1937, chap. 24, par. 744,) and involve the condemnation and improvement of certain land for a parking lot at a railway station. The strip of land is approximately 750 feet long and 120 feet wide measured at right angles, and lies adjacent to the right of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company to which it belongs.

On July 21, 1936, pursuant to a resolution of its board of local…