Commercial Delivery Service, Inc. v. Medema

On March 24, 1953, a condemnation proceeding was instituted by the City of Chicago in Trust for the use of Schools to ascertain just compensation to the owners of or parties interested in certain land and the improvements thereon. The land sought to be condemned included parcel 17, then owned in fee simple by Cornelius and Winifred Medema and William and Henrietta Bandstra, is commonly known as 2933-43 South Calumet Avenue, and is at the southeast corner of Calumet Avenue and 29th Place, Chicago. It has a frontage of 125 feet on Calumet Avenue and runs to a depth of 174 feet. A brick building…