Village of Deerfield v. Rapka

The plaintiff, Village of Deerfield, filed a petition to condemn defendants’ land consisting of 127 acres, which lies outside of and adjacent to the village limits, for a recreational center. The defendants filed a traverse and motion to dismiss contending among other things: 1) that plaintiff does not have the power of condemnation outside of its corporate Emits for the estabEshment and maintenance of a playground or recreational center; 2) that the statute under which plaintiff sought to condemn insofar as it purports to authorize plaintiff to exercise the power of eminent domain outside…