, 1881-02-17
DEARBORN STREET.
Tho Decision Of the Appellate Court
in the Shepard Case.
Probability y'tbat the City VIII De Sutk for Several
lfaudred thousand Dotlarx.

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!""eut -. .nu nout. ou'ow ~ Mhrus'' 'n"''
ati nrfl'tlu1lco WINS passed. w Tho Council fur
opening nonrt,orn stront from JGckson 10 Four.
tcenth street. Tho usual condemnation pro-
of sl.iii.:o7 rendered nxa1nst inst tho @ city, Which,
huwover. vns ret]lcrl by tim nsscss1net,t nj
q, n-1 A.. ,or ,nn,,,,. -, " ,1e ,x,,,n '...a y.
$4,000 Of tho aascssmcnt for benunts wn.
COLLECTED bsforo June. ISIS, Mt WHICH Time tho
W. Fae"oo "''sue. o.''n""o'' '
ABANDONING TIE COLLECTION OF SUCH AS
md thu con3cmnatjon nrncccdIna.. short,v
nror ~ thf. ho,,n,or t,,o ~. hat init fton.,,
r. w.. .n'. .'o"e.os 'no Wy n"u l'o .ie.'.S
dctnned. <a,ees,a on account. lie owned somo lind
ncnr jackson street, for tho taking pf which tt,e
Jury awarded hin, $:p,7a}. Tic assessment fnr
bcuufits ueatnst him WINS 81, RAJ, leaving his net
tiamagcs, iss5Bol. After tho repcal of tho ords-
hnaee' IN ls'o' ~ copeiaao, VINO had bosiRht INC
land owned W Shepard, began suit agaIhst tho
city tn compel 1t 10 curry out tho condemnation
proceedings, and nay him tho datnnge awar,tc, d.,
rln,1t,inv n hal tnkri, nnssraaon nr thn land nn
tmc ago before Judge ltuPcrs ard resulted IN Il
vcr,,ict far tho whuo amount claimed, tz;os..,
In MIN fN} lit In RI
Annolluto Co1,rt. and ,r,tcsdov thn ,1t,1vo
,1rrl,I m n,,,rm tho t,,,,,tn,nt nr In
f,nrt tc,nw M oninon wn. ncd rh,s
,innns ti,mt tho tt, h.,i ,,on, fnn IA a., m. Iii
ron,"nnat urnrSenin,ts Mn fr nup,nu IN i1csrinrm @
et rnnt ~ r"rt n,,,i thnT Il IN, NJ II nf,,nt
't4'e. ~ .u..uet nau u.ut !. n''. ~ '"ee.
TAKEN IossEasloS OF TIE LAMB
:!ty autharIties i.ls!st that tho city Ind nevcs
tnkop netual possession Of tho property, md
TINT It Ind right Ut Any time bcfuro uctuaIly
tucurrlnR any iiuhllIty: Al nppcnl viii bu taken
To the Suprplno Court by tho Gtynt onec.
- fGpoftef nscestaihet Tor ~ aitatno OF INC INC
cnsns 'm ni,"rl ~ H. t teti = horo
vouchers we're lssued,Taui, i !ho suprSu,o
rt ~, to,,t n.,t,nr " .,,Jt,,i,it III l,t
IN IL ntcr III nass t%nv cm,l, tn, sn III lnss
n,,v cavy s"s ma " uo 1v t,. ss "ou not 10 Us
sppSS9 w r m ssa h,ins tho reporter "to city Is
nnd II 50, how Will 1t collect tho necessary
n9nsIEaSy in9nfIsay an'teF assessment or by Fenera'
e!ty ha,l proeeeaed 50 fss s6at i1e cousai aad 10
rst os tepcnep i" spd d. aosor S eS IL
Inade, jlut, renliy, sho,ll not say that. rs tho
cnsc Is very com iplIratutI nnc, and Involves 80
cnn Or cnl1not be do,nc.'' '''''~''' '''''>'
1t wns lenrred Ut tho Controllers ot!lcD TINT,
under tho repeating ordinance, ull tho cnsll
~o''1'''e 14'''' ''' r,i.,xt:,, '" A'1'''' A'''
tohSEu'
and TINT many Of >; tho VOUCHERS Issued for ben
huwoycr. refused To saiarn nceo.,,1ts; and tGoy
San hring suit nMd recover 1u.iEmgnt It ttln siI.
'rho clty's portion Of the benefits was FILM
Appel!ntY, Court sce!siot,. is about twcv TINT
sum. Thlngs worr ni1td by TUG rcpcaiinE 0rtll-
nance. ttlt tho HCaS tIti8 been stirred uH Ivy tho