Legal Opinion

County of Fayette v. Whitford

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1936No. 23875. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shaw

Pursuant to resolution of its board of supervisors the county of Fayette filed its petition for condemnation of lands for improvement of a State-aid road, wherein they sought to condemn 1.30 acres of land belonging to appellants, Elmer L. Whitford and Blossom Whitford, his wife. Another tract belonging to C. Guy Neeper and Margarette Neeper was includéd in the same proceeding, but they have not appealed. The suit resulted in a verdict and judgment for damages in the sum of $200 for land taken and $300 for damage to land not taken. The Whitfords have appealed.

Appellants assigned nine errors…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Town of CiceroIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Smith v. Claussen Park Drainage & Levee DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. City of PontiacIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Alton & Southern Railroad v. Vandalia RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of MorrisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. City of Evanston v. PiotrowiczIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Decatur Park District v. BeckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
  3. County Board of School Trustees v. BatchelderIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  4. FOREST PRESERVE DIST. OF KANE CTY. v. EstesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  5. MACON CTY. BD. OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES v. BatchelderIllinois Supreme Court · 1955

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