Sexton v. Dunlap

Dissenting Opinion

Arterburn, J.

The appellants sought a permanent injunction in the trial court to stop a so-called Urban Renewal Program by the City of Bloomington. (Redevelopment of Cities & Towns Act of 1953 as amended Acts 1957). The appellant owners of homes within the area described as “blighted,” claim the city failed to follow the statute in the preliminary proceedings under which hearings were to be held and a record made which determined that the appellants’ property was “blighted.”

Plaintiffs’ position secondly is that even if the defendant municipal corporation had complied with the…