Trustees of Schools of Township No. 44 v. Kirane

The appellee, Trustees of Schools, brought a condemnation suit in the circuit court of Boone County against the owners of a 20-acre tract of land in the city of Belvidere, seeking to acquire the property for use as a site upon which to erect a new schoolhouse. The city of Belvidere was also made a defendant because of an alleged interest in the streets and alleys of the subdivision within which the property is located. The jury returned a verdict awarding the individual defendants $20,500 damages for the land taken, and such defendants appeal direct to this court from the judgment entered on…