Village of Schiller Park v. City of Chicago

The village of Schiller Park brought suit in the circuit court of Cook County to restrain the city of Chicago from condemning, for airport purposes (O’Hare Field), certain land located within the limits of the village. The suit was dismissed and the village appeals. The trial court certified that the validity of an ordinance is involved and that the public interest requires a direct appeal to this court.

In certain other proceedings, brought by the city of Chicago to condemn parcels of private property in the village for the same purpose, the court denied the owners’ traverses and upheld the…