Illinois Power & Light Corp. v. Parks

On January 15, 1925, the appellant, the Illinois Power and Light Corporation, pursuant to an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission authorizing appellant to construct a high-tension electric transmission line from a point near the east end of the Keokuk dam in the Mississippi river, at Hamilton, Illinois, to the cities of Monmouth and Gales-burg, filed its petition in the circuit court of Hancock county for condemnation of a tower site upon which to locate one supporting tower, also an easement for right of way purposes three rods wide and approximately 670 feet long over certain lands…