Stein v. State

All of the above claims arise by reason of the construction of the Illinois Waterway through the City of Joliet. The several claimants own property which they claim has been damaged either by the construction of the Cass Street Bridge or the Jefferson Street Bridge over the Illinois Waterway in said City of Joliet, and seek to be recompensed for the damages which they claim to have sustained by reason of the construction of such bridges.

Inasmuch as the same questions are involved in each of the several cases, and inasmuch as the same counsel represent all of the claimants, the several claims…