City of Chicago v. Farwell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. William L. Pond, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The city of Chicago provided by ordinance for an improvement consisting of a thoroughfare with two levels extending north from East Randolph street along Michigan avenue over the Chicago river and thence north to the center line of East Chicago avenue, which is fully described in City of Chicago v. Farwell, 284 Ill. 491. The appellant, James S. Kirk & Co., owned about an acre and a half of ground of irregular shape adjoining the Chicago river on the north and it was necessary to acquire for the improvement about three-tenths of the tract on the west side. The whole of the land was improved…
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