Indian Refining Co. v. State

Claimant is the owner of that portion of Blocks 7 and 8 in the city of Chicago bounded on the east by Western Avenue, on the west and north by the right of way of the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company Railroad Company and on the south by Illinois and Michigan canal property which is owned by the State. It is about 90 feet from, the southeast corner of claimant’s property to the canal. This strip of 90 feet is part of the canal tract and was formerly used for a towpaih. There is a bridge over the canal where it intersects Western Avenue. In 1922 the city proposed to improve Western Avenue…