Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Garrett

In a condemnation proceeding filed in the superior court of Cook county in 1907 by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company against various owners of property included in the site now occupied by its new Chicago city passenger depot, the jury assessed the damages for the benefit of the owners of certain premises which for the purpose of this case may be described as No. 38 West Randolph street, at $22,000. All persons supposed to be interested in said property were made defendants, but before a finding was made by the court as to the owners, said $22,000 was in February, 1909, paid, by…