Illinois Light and Power Co. v. Bedard

The Illinois Light and Power Company, appellant, on June 8, 1928, filed its petition in the county court of Kankakee county for the condemnation of 70 acres of land owned by Cecile Bedard. On the trial before a jury to determine the amount of damages there was a verdict fixing the compensation to be paid for the property at $35,000. Judgment was rendered on the verdict, from which the petitioner has taken this appeal.

The errors assigned and argued by appellant are, that the trial court admitted incompetent testimony, that one instruction given to the jury was erroneous, and that the judgment…