Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. City of Chicago

Defendants appeal from a judgment order directing that' a writ of mandamus issue commanding them to pay to plaintiff an alleged unpaid principal balance of $21,230 on a condemnation award of $30,660, with interest on the unpaid balance, together with interest amounting to $3,482 on $9,430, deposited with the county treasurer and later accepted by plaintiff.

On April 28, 1933, in a condemnation proceeding in the county court of Cook county, instituted by the City of Chicago to acquire land for the widening of south Crawford avenue, a final judgment was entered fixing compensation for land…