CITY OF WAUKEGAN v. STANCZAK

No. 33537.

6 Ill.2d 594 (1955)

129 N.E.2d 751

THE CITY OF WAUKEGAN, Appellee, v. JOSEPH M. STANCZAK et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.E. BAIRSTOW, of Waukegan, for appellants.

GERALD C. SNYDER, of Waukegan, (LEWIS D. CLARKE, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

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

The appellee, city of Waukegan, incorporated in 1859 by special charter with a coextensive school district, filed a petition in the circuit court of Lake County to condemn certain lands for a school building. The school board, by resolution, had selected the site and requested the action, and the city council, by ordinance, had authorized the proceedings under the eminent domain...

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