Banks v. School Directors of District No. 1

Appellees filed their petition in the county court of McLean county, alleging that a certain tract of land 12.7 rods square had been chosen as a school house site, and that they had been unable to agree with the appellant Marks Banks, the owner, or the other appellant, Millard Banks, a tenant by sufferance of the premises, upon the compensation to be paid for the same, and asking the court to ascertain such compensation and vest title in them under the eminent domain laws of the State, upon payment of such compensation. Appellants were made defendants and demurred to the petition. Their…