Tudor v. Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Carter, J.:
This controversy has its origin in certain proceedings prosecuted by the Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad Company for the purpose of acquiring a right of way for its elevated railroad. The only question presented by the record is in respect to the jurisdiction and authority of the court to condemn, for the purposes of such right of way, the west six feet of a certain lot 13, owned by Ella A. Tudor, the appellant, and described in the petition of said company. Such proceedings were had in the circuit court of Cook county as that §2670 was awarded to appellant as…
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