Woollacott v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. This is a proceeding, stated by counsel to be under section 53, as amended in 1891, of article 9 of the City and Village act of 1872. The proceeding was begun by petition, filed on March 24,1900, nunc pro tunc as of March 8,1899, setting forth the condemnation and supplemental assessment proceedings hereinafter "mentioned; and also setting up the repealing of the ordinance of…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. This is a proceeding, stated by counsel to be under section 53, as amended in 1891, of article 9 of the City and Village act of 1872. The proceeding was begun by petition, filed on March 24,1900, nunc pro tunc as of March 8,1899, setting forth the condemnation and supplemental assessment proceedings hereinafter "mentioned; and also setting up the repealing of the ordinance of condemnation, and the vacation of the judgment of condemnation and of the judgment affirming the special assessment, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The proviso to section 53 of article 9 of the City and Village act, passed as an amendment in 1891, is as follows: “Provided, however, in all proceedings heretofore commenced, where the property has not been -fully paid for, or that shall hereafter be commenced, said city or village shall take and pay for the lands sought to be taken or damaged within two years of the entry of judgment in such condemnation proceedings. And after the expiration of such time the court in which the proceedings may have been had, upon a motion of any person interested in the lands, may inquire in a summary manner…
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- City of Chicago v. HaywardIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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