Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. City of Chicago

On April 9, 1886, the city of' Chicago filed a petition in the Superior Court of Cook county to condemn certain property therein described, for the purpose of opening and extending South Canal street from Lumber street to Archer avenue, in pursuance of an ordinance passed by the council of said city March 15, 1886. The property was- condemned, and a judgment for $178,271.98 was entered. A supplemental petition was filed in said court February 9, 1887, asking for an assessment on the property benefited, to raise the money necessary to pay the ■compensation awarded by the condemnation judgment.…