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CITY OF CHICAGO v. CENTRAL STANDARD LIFE INS.

Gen. No. 50,639.

68 Ill. App.2d 336 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 265

City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Central Standard Life Insurance Company, et al., Defendants, F.W. Means and Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied February 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Simon, Corporation Counsel, and Frank S. Righeimer, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Frank S. Righeimer and Donald M. Phares, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Concannon, Dillon, Snook & Morton, of Chicago (William R. Dillon and John B. Dillon, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a condemnation proceeding involving one of the parcels of land required for the Southwest Highway, part of the Comprehensive Superhighway System of the City of Chicago. The City appeals from the verdict and judgment because of trial errors and seeks a new trial.

The theory of the City is that "the jury arrived at an erroneous and excessive verdict as to the award for the

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