Legal Opinion
Decatur Park District v. Becker
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1938No. 24476. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chibe Justice Farthing
delivered the opinion of the court:
The Decatur Park District filed its petition in the county court of Macon county to condemn for park purposes two tracts of land belonging to appellants, Clara M. and Ida M. Becker. Motions by appellants to dismiss were overruled. A jury viewed the premises and at the close of the trial returned a verdict for $7300, on which the judgment was entered. The landowners have appealed.
Appellee’s petition recited that the district was organized under “An act to provide for the organization of park districts and the transfer of submerged…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- City of Chicago v. LehmannIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- City of Mound City v. MasonIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. BucklesIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
- McKinney v. City of High PointSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
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