Lyon v. Hammond & Blue Island Railroad

Emily C. Lyon, one of the appellants, owns five hundred and twenty acres of land in Thornton township, in Cook county, and John B. Lyon, the other appellant, is her husband. Appellee filed its petition in the circuit court of that county to condemn a right of way across said tract. At the trial it was stipulated by the parties that the land taken amounted to twelve and eighty-three hundredths acres. The jury heard the evidence and examined the premises themselves, and their verdict was for §5773.50. Judgment was entered upon this verdict.

It is complained that the court allowed petitioner’s…