Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Barton

The Department of Public Works and Buildings of the State of Illinois filed its petition in eminent domain in the county court of Peoria county to obtain certain of the property of the appellees, and others, to be used as right-of-way for State Bond Issue Route 9. The jury fixed the value of the land taken at $8000 and the damage to the land not taken at $5000, and the Department of Public Works and Buildings appeals to this court from the judgment entered upon the verdict by the court.

The petition of appellant was in the ordinary form, and appellees filed a cross-petition setting forth, by…