Chicago & Evanston Railroad v. Dresel

Appellee, Dresel was in the possession of lots 2 to 15, inclusive, in sub-block 10, subdivision of block 13, in Sheffield’s addition to Chicago. Lots 2 to 9 were held under a lease which expires July 1, 1885. Lots 10 to 15 were owned in fee by appellee. The lots 2 to 15, inclusive, have been occupied and cultivated by appellee as an entirety, within one inclosure, since 1870. The fee to lots 2 to 5, inclusive, was in appellant, having been purchased of appellee’s landlord, Lewis, pending the proceedings. The appellant, by its amended petition, undertook to condemn only so much of Dresel’s…