Concordia Cemetery Ass'n v. Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Eogers, Judge, presiding. Bill of exceptions signed by Lorin C. Collins, by stipulation, owing to the death of the trial judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
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This proceeding was commenced by petition, filed in the court below, by the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company, to condemn, for its right of way, a strip of land one hundred feet in width, across certain lands belonging to appellant, in the village of Harlem, in Cook county. Appellant filed a cross-petition in the proceeding," alleging therein that the strip of land proposed to be condemned was a part of a larger tract acquired and held by it for burial purposes, and claiming damages to that portion of the tract not taken. A trial was had, and the jury returned a verdict awarding to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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