Cella v. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is a petition for condemnation, filed on May 23, 1902, in the superior court of Cook county by the appellee railroad company against one John G. Cella, the owner of the property sought to be condemned.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is a petition for condemnation, filed on May 23, 1902, in the superior court of Cook county by the appellee railroad company against one John G. Cella, the owner of the property sought to be condemned. During the pendency of the proceeding, to-wit, in September, 1903, John G. Cella died, and, his death having been suggested, the appellants, his heirs, were made parties defendant to the petition. The property, sought to be condemned, consists of two lots, having a frontage of twenty feet each on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Appellee has filed its motion in this court to expunge from the record that part of the bill of exceptions, which relates to matters preliminary to the trial by the jury. Appellee’s motion to dismiss the petition for condemnation was made at the October term, 1904, of the superior court of Cook county, and was overruled on November 2, 1904, the latter day being also one of the days of the October term, 1904, of said court. No bill of exceptions was taken or filed to the overruling of the motion to dismiss at the October term, nor was any leave granted for time for settling the bill of…
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