DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS v. DUST

No. 35559.

19 Ill.2d 217 (1960)

166 N.E.2d 36

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. CLARENCE H. DUST et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRED P. SCHUMAN, of Granite City, and RALPH F. CURRY, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellants.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES and THEODORE G. MAHERAS, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF 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 Effingham County to acquire 18.39 acres of respondents' land for the purpose of constructing an interchange between Federal Aid Interstate Route 7 and Federal Aid Route 12. Thereafter, a motion for immediate vesting of title was filed pursuant to the "quick-taking" provisions of the...

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