DEPT. OF BUS. & ECON. DEVELOP. v. SCHOPPE

No. 70-253.

1 Ill. App.3d 313 (1971)

272 N.E.2d 696

THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROGER E. SCHOPPE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

August 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corrigan, McKay, Quetsch & O'Reilly, John R. Mackay, and Edward Graham, all of Wheaton, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, (Frank S. Righeimer, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DIXON delivered the opinion of the court:

The Department of Business and Economic Development filed a petition on December 24, 1968, in the circuit court of DuPage County to condemn designated portions of farm land owned by appellants for the operation of a BEV Particle Accelerator by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Under the quick-take provisions of the Eminent Domain Act, plaintiff's became vested with fee simple...

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