Legal Opinion
Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Finks
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1956No. 33467PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schaeeer
In 1944 a large segment of Route 66 was designated by the Department of Public Works and Buildings as a freeway, pursuant to the Freeway Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 121, pars. 335, 336, 337.) Thereafter this eminent domain proceeding was instituted in the circuit court of Logan County to acquire certain land and to extinguish or limit the rights of access, air, light and view of the owners of certain property abutting Route 66 in the vicinity of the city of Lincoln. Defendants own property abutting the highway. None of their land was to be taken, but the petition sought to limit their…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. LeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
- Miller v. Commissioners of Lincoln ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Onondaga Water Service Corp. v. Crown Mills, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1928
3Cited by15 opinions
- Village of Round Lake v. AmannAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- Northern Lights Shopping Center, Inc. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
- Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. RiderIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Association of Franciscan FathersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- Housing Authority of East St. Louis v. KosydorIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
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