City of Bloomington v. Quinn

This is a condemnation case and the sole question on review is whether or not discovery procedures apply in condemnation eases.

The facts are simple: during the course of an urban renewal project, appellee city sought to obtain the real estate of appellants, and offered them $6,380; this offer was refused and condemnation proceedings ensued; during the course of pretrial procedures, appellants sought discovery in the form of names and addresses of appraisers, production of appraisals for inspection and the right to depose the city’s appraisers; these efforts were denied by the trial judge, and…