SNY ISLAND LEVEE DRAIN. DIST. v. Meyer

27 Ill.2d 530 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 356

SNY ISLAND LEVEE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, Appellee,

v.

DOROTHY MEYER et al., Appellants.

No. 37032.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1963.

Rehearing denied May 29, 1963.

SCHIMMEL and SCHIMMEL, of Pittsfield, for appellants.

GRIGSBY & IRVING, of Pittsfield, and DOBBINS & FRAKER, of Champaign, for appellee.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

This is a proceeding to assess benefits and annual benefits against owners of approximately 100,000 acres of land within the Sny Island Levee Drainage District, and to condemn approximately 10,000 additional acres in…