Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Bowman
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided May 13, 1952No. Civ. 1036-DPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLATT, District Judge.
The court finds the pertinent facts bearing upon the legal problems in this case to be as follows. In August, 1906 Trustees of Schools, Township 19, Range 6, of the County of Piatt and State of Illinois, pursuant to the statutes of the State of Illinois, filed a condemnation suit to take approximately two acres of land from the then owner, PI'enry L. Timmons “to be taken for a school site”. The jury fixed the fair cash market value of the land taken and crops thereon at $355.25. The Trustees paid this amount in accordance with the judgment entered. A schoolhouse and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. ArmstrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Higginson v. Treasurer & School House CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Floyd v. . CarowNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Brandies v. CochraneSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Murphy v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Trustees of Schools v. SchroederAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
- Scheller v. Trustees of Schools of Township 41 NorthAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Forest Preserve District v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Mattion v. Trustees of SchoolsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
- Kelly v. BowmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953