South Park Commissioners v. S. Karpen & Bros.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Wirriam H. McSurERY, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The appellant, the South Park Commissioners, a municipal corporation having charge and control of Grant Park, in the city of Chicago, appealed from four judgments of the superior court of Cook county dismissing its .petitions for the condemnation of the rights and easements to have the park kept free from buildings and to preserve it for the purposes of the original dedications which the petitions alleged were vested in Montgomery Ward and others, as owners of lots in Fort Dearborn addition, and S. ICarpen & Bros, and Levy Mayer, as owners of lots in Fractional Section 15 addition to Chicago,…
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