Department of Public Works & Buildings v. McCaughey

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the county court of McDonough county dismissing appellant’s petition for the condemnation of a strip of land about 2000 feet in length and containing about 6.29 acres, the acquisition of which was sought for the purpose of constructing thereon a part of one of the durable, hard-surfaced roads known as Route 9 of the sixty million dollar bond issue system.

Appellees contend that the taking of this land is unnecessary and that the action of appellant in locating the road over the land in question was unreasonable and arbitrary. There is a highway…