Monarch Chemical Works, Inc. v. City of Omaha

The defendant, City of Omaha, filed a condemnation proceeding in the county court of Douglas County seeking to condemn certain of plaintiff’s property lying north of Woodland Road, east of 23rd Street, South of “J’’ Avenue, and west of 25th Street, all being within the general area designated as East Omaha. Plaintiff filed an action in the District Court seeking to enjoin this proceeding for the reasons that the property sought to be condemned was to eliminate incompatible land uses and the land to be acquired would be redeveloped for industrial and commercial purposes and that a city is…