DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS v. KIRKENDALL

No. 32707.

415 Ill. 214 (1953)

112 N.E.2d 611

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellant, v. LYDIA M. KIRKENDALL et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, and A. ZOLA GROVES, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN J. BLACK, and AUGUST B. BLACK, both of Morris, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

The Department of Public Works and Buildings appeals directly to this court from a judgment of the circuit court of Grundy County awarding compensation to the defendants for land and access rights taken in the improvement of U.S. Route 66 as a freeway under the Illinois Freeways Act.

The appeal is made directly to this court because...

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