Chicago, Evanston & Lake Superior Railroad v. Catholic Bishop

delivered the opinion of the Court.:

This is a proceeding, instituted in the county court of Cook county by the appellant railroad company, under the Eminent Domain act, for the purpose of condemning a piece of land, owned by the appellee, “the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, ” a corporation sole. The appellees, Bairstow and Moore, claim to be lessees of portions of the premises, and, also, to be the owners of certain improvements thereon. The property, sought to be condemned, is a narrow strip of ground, 585T-^ feet long, and about 40 or 41 feet wide, situated on the west side of the main road…