Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Caldwell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Piatt county; the Pión. W. A. Doss, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
The Department of Public Works and Buildings, pursuant to the authority given it by section 11 of the act providing for a State-wide system of hard roads, (Daws of 1917, p. 707,) filed its petition in the county court of Piatt county to acquire a right of way over the lands of appellants. The land which appellee seeks to acquire is to become a part of route No. 10 as described in section 9 of the same act, (Laws of 1917, p. 699,) and lies between the cities of Champaign and Monticello. The land consists of two tracts lying alongside the right of way of the Illinois Central Railroad Company,…
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