City of Chicago v. Porter

This was a petition brought by the city of Chicago, in the Superior Court of Cook county, to condemn a portion of certain lots for public use. The Superior Court, on motion of one of the defendants, dismissed the petition, and the ruling of the court on the motion is assigned for error.

The record contains no bill of exceptions. There is therefore nothing to show upon what ground the court dismissed the cause. In the absence of a bill of exceptions showing upon what ground the court dismissed the petition, this court will presume that the action of the Superior Court was fully authorized by…