Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Town of Cicero

Baker, J.:

This was a proceeding brought by the town of Cicero, against the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, to open Park avenue across the lands of the railway company, from Kinzie street to Lake street, in said town. At that point the railway company owns a strip of ground 100 feet wide, which it uses for its right of way, for its tracks, for the running of its trains, and for other purposes in the operation of its road. North of this strip, and adjoining it, it owns a triangular piece of ground extending from Waller avenue to Central avenue, a distance of about 700 feet, and…