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DEPT. PUBLIC WKS. & BLDGS. v. CHRISTENSEN

No. 38863.

25 Ill.2d 273 (1962)

184 N.E.2d 884

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM S. CHRISTENSEN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BOZEMAN, NEIGHBOUR & PATTON, of Moline, (VIRGIL BOZEMAN and JOHN V. PATTON, of counsel,) for appellants.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES and AUBREY KAPLAN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 1, 1959, the Department of Public Works and Buildings filed a petition in the circuit court of Rock Island County to condemn 2.01 acres of the defendants' five-acre tract for the improvement of a State highway. The Department moved for immediate vesting of title under the statute, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 47, sec. 2.1) and the court appointed three appraisers who estimated...

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