Chicago v. Taylor

Citations

• 125 U.S. 161
• 8 S. Ct. 820
• 31 L. Ed. 638
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 1922

Syllabus

<p>Under the provision in the constitution of the State of Illinois adopted in 1870 that “ private property shall not he taken or damaged for public use without just compensation,” a recovery may be had in all cases where -private property has sustained a substantial injury front the making and use of an improvement that is public in its character; whether the damage be direct, as when caused.by trespass or physical invasion of the property, or consequential as in a diminution of its market value.</p>