City of Quincy v. v. E. Best Plumbing & Heating Supply Co.

On May 20, 1957, the city of Quincy, hereinafter called the city, pursuant to- the city council’s approval of an off-street parking program, filed its petition in the circuit court of Adams County to condemn a number of parcels of property to be improved as public parking facilities. Among these parcels was one designated as tract D-2 owned by Holler & Vandenboom Lumber Company, hereinafter referred to as the owner, and known as the lumber yard property.' This owner filed a cross petition alleging the property, tract D-2, was, because of unity of use, an integral part of another property of…