Cram v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for damages to real property by the construction of a viaduct. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant sued appellee in case, for damages alleged to have accrued to his real property by the construction by appellee of a viaduct in South Halsted street, in the city of Chicago, over certain railroad tracks which crossed said street. The jury found for the defendant and judgment was rendered on the verdict.
Appellant’s counsel object that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence; that competent and material evidence for appellant was erroneously excluded by the court, and that the jury was erroneously instructed.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Town of CiceroIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Vane v. City of EvanstonIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- City of Chicago v. SpoorAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad v. DickinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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