City of Bloomington v. Miller

This was a proceeding, by the city of Bloomington, under article 9 of the general incorporation act for cities and villages, to condemn, for the purposes of a street, a defined strip of land off the entire west end of block 3, in Miller’s second addition. The petition shows that this land proposed to be so taken is the property of appellee, and that lot 10 of that block (a part of which lot 10 is embraced in the strip of land to be taken) is also the property of appellee.

Under the direction of the court, the jury rendered a special verdict, and, instead of returning in bulk the gross amount…