East St. Louis Light & Power Co. v. Cohen

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of St. Clair county in a condemnation proceeding instituted by appellee, the East St. Louis Light and Power Company, against appellants. As grounds for reversal it is urged that the jury did not award the full measure of damages shown by the evidence, that proper evidence was excluded, improper instructions given and improper argument made.

The land consisted of two tracts, one belonging to the appellants the Cohens and the other belonging to appellant Brenner. The Cohen tract contained 45 acres and was about one and a half miles long and…