UNITED STATES v. 1119.15 ACRES OF LAND

No. 477.

44 F.Supp. 449 (1942)

UNITED STATES v. 1119.15 ACRES OF LAND, WILLIAMSON COUNTY et al.

District Court, E. D. Illinois.

April 30, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Schwarz, of Jerseyville, Ill., for the Government.

Lan Haney, State's Atty., of Marion, Ill., and Russell E. Townsend, of Anna, Ill., for defendants.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

To whom is the compensation for certain land taken by the Government by eminent domain payable? On the one hand the Trustees of schools claim it; opposed to them are the heirs of the former owner who conveyed to the school authorities. In his deed the grantor conveyed the property in fee, adding, however, "it being absolutely understood that when said land ceases to be used for school purposes it is to revert to the above grantor, his heirs...

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