City of Chicago v. Lord

In City of Chicago v. Lord, 277 Ill. 590, the judgment of the superior court of Cook county awarding damages to the New York Central Railroad Company and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company was reversed and the cause remanded, for the reason, as there pointed out, that the trial court had failed to award compensation for land actually taken for the improvement. The cause was re-instated under the remanding order, and upon a new trial the court awarded the two railroad companies $2500 to cover the cost of the re-adjustment of their yards, which was the same amount awarded for…