City of Chicago v. Hayward

This is assumpsit, commenced January 31, 1895, to recover from the city of Chicago an award of judgment in a condemnation proceeding entered on the 13th day of November, 1893. The condemnation proceedings were instituted by the city of Chicago for the purpose of opening Carpenter street between Fifty-first and Fifty-third streets, and the ordinance provided that the costs should be paid by a special assessment on the property benefited thereby. A petition for condemnation was filed in the circuit court of Cook county, and on hearing a finding was had as to the compensation to be awarded, and…