Chicago Great Western Railroad v. Ashelford

On April 24, 1913, appellant, the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, presented its petition to the judge of the county court of Ogle county, in vacation, to condemn for railroad purposes certain land owned by appellee, W. H. Ashelford. The cause was thereafter continued from time to time, by consent of the parties, until June 30, 1914, when a hearing was begun before a jury. On July 2, 1914, the jury returned a verdict awarding appellee $200 as compensation for land taken and $1100 as damages to lands not taken. Two attorneys appeared in the condemnation suit on behalf of appellant. One…