Thompson v. Trustees of Schools

This was a petition filed by the appellees, trustees of schools for Rio township, Knox county, praying for the condemnation of a certain tract of land described therein by metes and bounds and for convenience herein spoken of as “the Thompson site,” to be used as a site for the location of a township high school. The petition was filed in pursuance, of a resolution adopted by the board of education of Rio township high school asking that such action be taken by the school trustees. The appellants, owners of the tract of land sought to be condemned, entered a motion to dismiss the petition on…