Commissioners of Lincoln Park v. Schmidt

September 27, 1928, appellee, the Commissioners of Lincoln Park, filed in the superior court of Cook county a suit to condemn the riparian rights of defendants in property owned by them located at 6333 Sheridan Road, Chicago. May 17, 1932, a jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants for $32,550. The commissioners filed a motion for a new trial, and on May 27, 1932, an order was entered setting it for hearing on June 11, 1932. No further action was taken in this case until December 26, 1939, when an order was entered assigning this cause to a judge of the superior court. Judge Ross C.…