County Board of School Trustees v. Bendt

The defendants-appellants, Anna M. Fern and husband, were the owners of a lot which the plaintiff-appellee, County Board of School Trustees of DuPage County, Illinois, sought to acquire for school purposes through eminent domain proceedings. In the absence of the defendants-appellants and their attorneys evidence was heard, the jury fixed the value of the lot at $1,000.00 and judgment was entered on the verdict. Defendants-appellants filed their petition under the provisions of Section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Sec. 72, Chapt. 110, Ill. Rev. Stat., 1959) to vacate this judgment.…