CITY OF CHICAGO v. BARNES

No. 38090.

30 Ill.2d 255 (1964)

195 N.E.2d 629

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant, v. GEORGE S. BARNES et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, and THOMAS A. FORAN, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, both of Chicago, (SYDNEY R. DREBIN, of counsel,) for appellant.

BRADEN, HALL, BARNES & MOSS, of Chicago, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The Chicago Land Clearance Commission brought this eminent domain action in the superior court of Cook County to acquire a parcel of real estate located in the 37th-Cottage Grove area on the South side of Chicago. The area had been designated a slum and blighted one, within the meaning of the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of...

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