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CITY OF CHICAGO v. SEXTON

No. 31546.

408 Ill. 351 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 287

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee, v. ALICE M. SEXTON et al. — (THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 19, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NYE F. MOREHOUSE, LOWELL HASTINGS, and DRENNAN J. SLATER, all of Chicago, for appellant.

JOHN J. MORTIMER, Acting Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (JOHN C. MELANIPHY, FRANCIS S. LORENZ, and WALTER V. LESAK, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the Chicago and North Western Railway Company from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County based on a jury verdict awarding only nominal damages of $1 to it for the taking of an easement in certain of its property located in the city of Chicago immediately west of North State Street and north of the Chicago River. The city of Chicago filed a petition in...

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