Legal Opinion
Illinois Power & Light Corp. v. Talbott
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 1926No. 16973. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The Illinois Power and Light Corporation on April 2, 1925, presented its petition to the judge of the county court of Warren county for the condemnation of sites for two supporting towers and an easement over a strip of land owned by John F. McCulloch three rods wide and 1112.6 feet long, for the construction, maintenance, operation and repair of a high-power electric transmission line from the Keokuk dam to Monmouth and Galesburg. At the time fixed for the hearing, McCulloch, the owner of the land, filed a cross-petition, alleging that he was the owner of the southwest quarter of section 27,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Rigney v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. LoebIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- County of Mercer v. WolffIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- St. Louis & Cairo Railroad v. Postal Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
- McReynolds v. Burlington & Ohio River Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1883
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Rose v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- Sidney Clark and Julia Clark v. Universal Builders, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- City of Chicago v. AnthonyIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- United States v. Frank S. BuhlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Department of Conservation v. FranzenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
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