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DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS v. BUTLER CO.

No. 34681.

13 Ill.2d 537 (1958)

150 N.E.2d 124

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellant, v. BUTLER COMPANY et al. — (ILLINOIS BRICK COMPANY, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 23, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (GEORGE W. McGURN, FRANK S. RIGHEIMER, FRANK S. RIGHEIMER, JR., WERNER W. SCHROEDER, THEODORE W. SCHROEDER, and JAMES E. HASTINGS, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for appellant.

CONCANNON, DILLON, SNOOK & MORTON, of Chicago, (WILLIAM H. DILLON, ARTHUR A. SULLIVAN, and JOHN B. DILLON, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

The Department of Public Works and Buildings filed an eminent domain petition in the circuit court of Cook County to acquire 32 parcels of land for the widening and improving of Route 55. Thereafter on October 29, 1957, the Department made a motion for immediate vesting of title to two tracts pursuant to the provisions of the 1957 "quick taking" amendment to the Eminent Domain Act...

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