Legal Opinion
Forest Preserve District v. Eckhoff
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 1939No. 25230. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gunn
A petition for condemnation was filed in the circuit court of Cook county, by the Forest Preserve District of Cook county, appellee, to take approximately 20 acres out of an 80-acre tract of land owned by appellants. A cross-petition for damages to land not taken was filed, but during the course of the trial it was conceded there were no damages to the land not taken, though the cross-petition was not withdrawn or dismissed.
The evidence shows the 80-acre tract is located near the southwest corner of Park Ridge; that Western avenue is one-half block east of said tract, with platted ground with…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- City of Chicago v. CollinIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
- Forest Preserve District v. ChilversIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- City of Mt. Olive v. BrajeIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
- Jacksonville & Savanna Railroad v. KidderIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- South Park Commissioners v. LivingstonIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by37 opinions
- City of Evanston v. PiotrowiczIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- United States v. 5139.5 Acres of Land, in Aiken and Barnwell Counties, S. C., Tract No. D-308Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- State Road Commission v. FergusonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
- City of Chicago v. VaccarroIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
- Forest Preserve District v. Lehmann Estate, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1944
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