City of Chicago v. Lord

This appeal is by Frederick Scholer, Louisa J. Eberle and Ida C. Dutton from a judgment of the superior court of Cook county confirming an assessment of benefits and fixing the amount of compensation to be paid appellants for a strip of land sought to be taken by the city of Chicago for public use in a special assessment proceeding brought by the city pursuant to an ordinance enacted for the widening of West Twelfth street from Michigan avenue to Ashland avenue, in the city of Chicago. The court in the same proceeding fixed the amount of the assessment to be paid by the appellants herein as…