Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Ryan

The Department of Public Works and Buildings, (hereinafter called the Department,) appellee, on November 29, 1933, filed its petition in eminent domain in the circuit court of Effingham county against the appellants (hereinafter called the defendants) seeking to condemn three different tracts of land, referred to in the petition as tracts 1, 2 and 3. Tract 1 is owned by the defendant Belle Erwin. Tract 2 is owned by Belle Erwin and the defendant Nettie Harding Smith. Tract 3 is owned by the defendants Oral Ryan and Stella Ryan. Later an amended petition was filed, on which the cause was…