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CITY OF ROCKFORD v. ROCKFORD LIFE INS. CO.

No. 35039.

16 Ill.2d 287 (1959)

157 N.E.2d 21

THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, Appellee, v. ROCKFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAMS, McCARTHY & KINLEY, of Rockford, for appellant.

WILLIAM E. COLLINS, Corporation Counsel, of Rockford, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 14, 1957, the city of Rockford filed this eminent domain action to acquire a portion of the land of the Rockford Life Insurance Company for the purpose of extending Locust Street through that land. By motion to dismiss and traverse, the company attacked the sufficiency of the ordinance upon which the eminent domain proceeding was based. The motion to dismiss and traverse...

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