Village of Hyde Park v. Oakwoods Cemetery Ass'n
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to-the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a proceeding instituted by the village of Hyde Park, under the Eminent Domain act, in the Superior'Court of Cook county, to condemn certain lands, owned by the Oak-w'oods Cemetery Association, for a highway or street which had been laid out by the village.
The village of Hyde Park, as is conceded in the argument, is a corporation organized under the general act for the incorporation of cities and villages, approved April 10, 1872. The petition to condemn the lands was filed April 18, 1878, and the appearance of the cemetery association was entered October 7, 1878; but so far as is…
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