Beveridge v. West Chicago Park Commissioners

Plaintiff in error, Andrew M. Beveridge, claimed to be the owner of the real estate out of which this controversy arises, and about the 25th of July, 1870, in a proceeding previously instituted by the Board of Park Commissioners of South Chicago to condemn this and other lands for a boulevard, and on that day, the circuit court of Cook county rendered a judgment approving and confirming the proceedings condemning the land. The judgment provides, that when the money assessed as damages shall he paid by the commissioners, or deposited in court, the title shall vest in the commissioners. The…