City of Rockford v. Rockford Life Insurance

On June 14, 1957, the city of Rockford filed this eminent domain action to acquire a portion of the land of the Rockford Life Insurance Company for the purpose of extending Locust Street through that land. By motion to dismiss and traverse, the company attacked the sufficiency of the ordinance upon which the eminent domain proceeding was based. The motion to dismiss and traverse was overruled and after a jury trial an award was entered. The company appeals directly. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 47, par. 12.) It contends that the court erred in ruling that the ordinance was sufficient, and…