Southwest Chicago Drainage District v. McMahon

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county entered on a verdict of a jury awarding damages for the taking of land of appellees by condemnation for the right of way for a drainage ditch. The errors assigned and argued by appellant concern the rulings of the court as to the admission of testimony and errors alleged to have been committed by counsel for appellees in their argument to the jury. It is also contended that the verdict is excessive.

The land sought to be taken consists of several strips seventy-five feet in width as right of way for a drainage ditch. The land…