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DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS & BLDGS. v. LOTTA

No. 37059.

27 Ill.2d 455 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 238

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. RUSSELL LOTTA et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK J. SCARPELLI and DAVID S. CHESROW, of Chicago, for appellants.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (HAROLD G. ANDREWS and RICHARD E. QUINN, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action to condemn land in Stephenson County to widen a public highway. The defendants, owners of the land affected, have appealed directly to this court from the judgment fixing their compensation.

The defendants owned two tracts of land, described in the record as the dance hall property and the tavern property. A portion...

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