Chicago Land Clearance Commission v. White

Timothy Stanfield and five other defendants filed this appeal from final judgments after jury trials in the condemnation suit entitled Chicago Land Clearance Commission v. White et al, a proceeding to condemn property on the south side of Chicago brought by that commission pursuant to the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947. No question is raised as to the adequacy of compensation and the only question presented by appellants’ assignments of error to this court is whether the conveyance of a large part of the slum area, after its acquisition and clearance by the commission, to the New…