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DEPT. OF PUBLIC WKS. & BLDGS. v. MADDOX

No. 36081.

21 Ill.2d 489 (1961)

173 N.E.2d 448

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. LINDELL EARL MADDOX et al., Appellants,

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.E. TATE, and SUMMERS & WATSON, both of Champaign, for appellants.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, and THEODORE G. MAHERAS, Assistant Attorneys General, and RICHARD J. WELSH, Special Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes before us on direct appeal under the provisions of the Eminent Domain Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 47, par. 12). The petitioner, the Department of Public Works and Buildings, filed a petition to condemn certain lands of the defendants. The cause was tried before a jury which fixed the value of the land taken, as well...

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