City of Chicago v. Law

On the 18th of July, 1890, the city of Chicago filed its petition in the Circuit Court of Cook county for the purpose of widening the south branch of the Chicago river north and south of West Eighteenth street, by condemning therefor certain lots and parcels of ground lying and being in canal trustees’ subdivision of west half (W. ½) of section 21, township 39 north, range fourteen (14) east of the third P. M., and so much of the north-east quarter (¼), as lies west of the south branch of Chicago river.

It appears from the record that a jury awarded some §80,000 for the land condemned, that…