County of Will v. Cleveland

On December 1, 1932, the county of Will filed a petition in the county court to condemn certain land for the purpose of constructing a highway. The petition described all the land sought to be condemned as the property of Clarence M. Cleveland, who with his wife and tenant were made the sole defendants. However, the south end of the strip was a part of the land that had been conveyed to school district No. 158 of the township of Frankfort, and it was not made a defendant. After the petition was filed the case was continued several times at Cleveland’s request. On December 9, 1933, defendants…