Village of Glencoe v. Stone

The appellee, the village of Glencoe, filed its petition in the superior court of Cook county to ascertain the compensation to be paid for property to be taken or damaged by the widening and altering of Sheridan road from the north village boundary line south to a line at right angles with the center line of Sheridan road and to levy a special assessment upon property benefited thereby. Two tracts of land, designated as parcel i and parcel 2, owned by appellant Melville E. Stone, and necessary for the purpose of the improvement, were described in the petition. He objected that the ordinance…