Hutt v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Cook county, confirming an assessment levied to raise the amount necessary to pay the compensation and damages awarded for property taken or damaged for the extension of South Canal street, from the southerly line of Lumber street to the northerly line of Archer avenue.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elliott Anthony, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Cook county, confirming an assessment levied to raise the amount necessary to pay the compensation and damages awarded for property taken or damaged for the extension of South Canal street, from the southerly line of Lumber street to the northerly line of Archer avenue. The city council of Chicago, acting under the provisions of article 9 of the general Municipal Incorporation law, under which the city is organized, enacted an ordinance on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
During the trial, exceptions were taken to the ruling of 4he court on various questions raised and decided; hut in the view we take of the record, many of the questions become unimportant, and in the decision of the case we shall confine ourselves to the consideration of such matters as we regard of controlling importance.
The ordinance passed by the city council is the foundation of this proceeding. Section 1 of the ordinance provides that South Canal street shall be extended from the southerly line of Lumber street to the northerly line of Archer avenue, “in accordance with the plan hereto…
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