Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of' Cook County fixing the compensation for property taken and damaged by the City of Chicago for the extension of West Taylor Street across the right of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company and the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company in that city. The Circuit Court found, that the just compensation to be paid to the City for the extension of the street across the tracks and right of way of the railroad companies was one dollar, and awarded that amount in its judgment. The street is sixty-six feet wide and…
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