Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Horejs

Plaintiff filed a petition to condemn, which included a small triangular piece of vacant land from a corner of defendants’ improved residential tract. The property was taken to assist plaintiff to provide drainage on a frontage road superimposed on a preexisting road, fronting defendants’ tract. Across the road from defendants’ realty, on land aquired by plaintiff from other property owners, plaintiff constructed a portion of the new Southwest Expressway, placing it along the top of an embankment. Defendants claim damages to the remainder, based in material part, on the alleged interference…