City of Chicago v. Hutchinson

By an ordinance of the city council of Chicago, passed March 16, 1882, Dearborn street was directed to be opened from the south line of Jackson street to the north line of Taylor street, to the width of 80 feet, and on the twenty-fourth of March, 1882, a petition was filed in the superior court of Cook county, by the city attorney, for the-condemnation of the land and lots necessary to he taken in order to have the street opened as provided by the ordinance. The petition required about 200 lots, or parts of lots, to be condemned, and comprehended, of course, a very large number of owners,…