Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Hubbard

The Department of Public Works and Buildings filed • a petition in the county court of Ogle county to condemn . certain lands owned by appellees for the construction of a portion of the proposed State highway Route No. 77, extending from Route 70, in Ogle county, westerly toward Oregon, a distance of approximately six and one-half miles. Appellees filed a cross-petition asking damages to land not taken. The cause was first tried before a jury, and on appeal to this court the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded. (People v. Hubbard, 355 Ill. 196.) The second trial was. had beiore the…