Smith v. Clifton Sanitation District

In the exercise of its- admitted power of eminent domain, defendant in error, herein referred to as “District,” filed its petition in condemnation against Clyde A. Peterson, the owner of a certain tract of land embracing twenty-one acres, for the purpose of acquiring the same and to construct thereon a sanitary disposal system. This condemnation petition was filed October 29,. 1955, after negotiations between the District and Peterson ha.d failed to bring about an agreement between the parties concerning the value of the land to be taken.

During the time these negotiations were pending the…