CITY OF DAVENPORT, a municipal corporation of the State of Iowa, and Davenport Bridge Commission, a police body corporate and politic of the State of Iowa, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
THREE-FIFTHS OF AN ACRE OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MOLINE, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, Illinois, City of Moline, a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, and Unknown Owners, Defendants,
City of Moline, a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 27, 1958.
February 27, 1958.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas A. Matthews, Chicago, Ill., John R. Coryn, Moline, Ill., Byron S. Matthews, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.
Donald H. Sitz, Davenport, Iowa, Robert G. Graham, Moline, Ill., Charles D. Waterman, Davenport, Iowa, for plaintiffs-appellees, Graham, Califf & Harper, Moline, Ill., Lane & Waterman, Davenport, Iowa, of counsel.
Before FINNEGAN, SCHNACKENBERG and PARKINSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.
FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.
Congress, through a specific Act,1 conferred the power of eminent domain on the City of Davenport, an Iowa municipal corporation, and on the Davenport Bridge Commission, a police body corporate, State of Iowa, plaintiff, to acquire land in connection with the enlargement and reconstruction of the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge spanning the Mississippi River. Resisting plaintiffs' action filed under Rule 71A, Federal...
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