City of Chicago v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county overruling the legal objections of appellant and objections to benefits, and confirming an assessment, with certain modifications, against its right of way and adjacent property for a local improvement, being the paving of Ravenswood avenue, in the city of Chicago, with a vitrified brick pavement extending from Balmoral avenue on the south to the entrance to Rosehill cemetery on the north.
Appellant’s right of way adjoins and is parallel to Ravenswood avenue on the west side thereof for the whole distance of the proposed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cache River Drainage District v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- City of Kankakee v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- City of Kankakee v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Village of River Forest v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Village of Oak Park v. SwigartIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
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