DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS v. LAMBERT

No. 32108.

411 Ill. 183 (1952)

103 N.E.2d 356

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. LEOPOLD LAMBERT et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDWARD P. DROLET, and SMALL & SALE, both of Kankakee, (EDWIN W. SALE, of counsel,) for appellants.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, and A. ZOLA GROVES, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

The Department of Public Works and Buildings, hereinafter referred to as appellee, filed its petition in the county court of Kankakee County on October 25, 1950, seeking to condemn a portion of a tract of land owned by Leopold and Aldia Lambert, husband and wife, for the construction of a freeway, a restricted superhighway. Certain other parties who have not joined in this appeal were...

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