Sewell v. Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad

This appeal was taken from a judgment condemning as a right of way, on appellee’s petition, a strip of land sixty-six feet wide, running diagonally across a tract of land of appellants containing 119 acres, situated about one mile north-west of the limits of the city of Chicago. Appellants claim damages also to the land not taken. The jury found the value of the land taken was $425 per acre, and also awarded appellants $850 as damages to the land not taken.

Numerous errors have been assigned, but they all relate to the alleged inadequacy of the amount allowed as damages to the land not taken.…