County of Cook v. Vander Wolf

Appellee, the county of Cook, filed its petition to acquire by condemnation seven separate tracts of land necessary in connection with the laying out, altering, improving or widening of a State aid highway, known as Calumet Parkway, from Paxton avenue to Volbrecht road. Property of appellant, consisting of parts of lots 6 and 7 in a certain designated subdivision, was included in the petition; and both he and his wife, Kathryn Rietveld, were made parties defendant. The petition alleged, upon information and belief, that there were other persons whose names were unknown to the petitioner, who…