Case Name: The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. The Town of Cicero
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1895-04-01
Citations: 157 Ill. 89
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. The Town of Cicero.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 157
Pages: 89–89

Head Matter:
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company v. The Town of Cicero.
Filed at Ottawa April 1, 1895
Rehearing denied October 15, 1895.
Appeals and errors — order of possession of condemned land — effect of affirming condemnation. An order of the lower court giving possession of land condemned will be affirmed on appeal, upon the affirmance of the judgment of condemnation.
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson,'Judge, presiding.
Lloyd W. Bowers, and A. W. Pul ver, for appellant.
Henry R. Pebbles, Town Attorney, for appellee.
See case of Chicago and, Northwestern Railway Co. v. Town of Cicero, ante, p. 48.

Opinion:
Per Curiam :
This is an appeal by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company from an order of the Superior Court of Cook county authorizing appellee, the Town of Cicero, to take immediate possession of the strip of land sixty-six by one hundred feet, which was condemned by the judgment of said court in said cause, on the petition of appellee, for the purposes of a crossing of West Fifty-third street over the tracks and right of way of the appellant company, appellant having, before the entry of said order, prosecuted its appeal to this court from the judgment of condemnation. Inasmuch as that judgment has been affirmed by this court this order will also be affirmed.
Order affirmed.