Boecker v. City of Naperville

Proceedings were commenced in the circuit court of DuPage county by the city of Naperville to condemn a street across the right of way of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. Bernard B. Boecker, as appears from the record, occupied that portion of the land proposed to be taken for the street lying north of two side-tracks, under a lease from the railroad company. He had a coal shed on the land, in which he kept coal for sale. On the trial the jury awarded Boecker for the buildings on the land which were taken, §449, and one dollar for the value of the leasehold interest in the…