Northwest Park District v. Hedenberg

This was a proceeding in the county court of Cook county brought by the appellee district to condemn land, including some owned by appellant, in the northwestern portion of Chicago, for a park. Erom the verdict of the jury and the judgment entered thereon as to his property appellant appealed to this court.

The Northwest Park District is a. municipal corporation organized under an act to provide for the organization of park districts and the transfer of submerged lands to those bordering on navigable waters, in force July i, 1895. (Hurd’s Stat. 1913, p. 1765.) Appellant had made a contract to…