Kelly v. Bowman

Plaintiffs brought this action in the District Court to determine the title to approximately two acres of ground in Piatt County, Illinois, originally condemned for school purposes but subsequently abandoned by the school trustees. Also involved was the title to the buildings erected on the land by the trustees during the time of its occupancy for school purposes. The District Court held that plaintiffs as the successors in title of the owner at the time of .condemnation were entitled to the land but that the buildings erected thereon by the trustees belonged to the defendant Bowman who had…