City of Vandalia v. Tate

Petitioner, The City of Vandalia, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Fayette County, under the provisions of sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of chapter 47, and sections 11-125-1, 11-125-2, 11-130-1, 11-130-2, and 11-130-9 of chapter 24, Illinois Revised Statutes 1963, seeking to condemn lands for the construction of a reservoir to create a supplemental water supply.

Certain defendants, not parties to this appeal, who are the fee owners of one of the tracts sought to be condemned, and defendant, Shell Oil Company, as owner of an easement over said tract, filed separate traverses…