Forest Preserve District v. Folta

Appellee, the Forest Preserve District of Cook county, filed a petition in the circuit court of Cook county on October 11, 1938, under the Eminent Domain act, to acquire by condemnation approximately three and one-third acres of land purchased by the appellants, Jacob Folta and Stella, his wife, in April, 1937, for $7800 cash. The jury awarded compensation of $13,000, and this appeal was prosecuted from the judgment entered upon the verdict.

The evidence discloses that the land sought to be taken is located twenty-two miles south of Chicago and immediately north of the town of Glenwood, in…