CANADY v. NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS CO.

Gen. No. 11,749.

43 Ill. App.2d 112 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 48

Clara Canady, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Northern Illinois Gas Company and Illinois Commerce Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District, First Division.

Rehearing denied October 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Alan Appleman, of Urbana, and Ivan Looker, of Watseka, for appellants.

William G. Clark, Attorney General, of Chicago (Edward V. Hanrahan and Thomas G. Lyons, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellee, Illinois Commerce Commission, and Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago, and Gray, McIntire & Petersen, of Kankakee (Justin A. Stanley, Robert A. Helman and Donald Gray, of counsel), for appellee, Northern Illinois Gas Company.


McNEAL, PJ.

This appeal involves an action brought under the provisions of the Gas Storage Act (Ill Rev Stats 1961, c 104, §§ 104-112). This Act grants to certain corporations the right to acquire private property by eminent domain for the storage of gas. As a prerequisite, application must be made to the Illinois Commerce Commission for an order approving the project, and the Commission is not to issue such an order unless it finds, among other things,...

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