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DEPT. OF PUB. WKS. & BLDGS. v. WISHNEVSKY

No. 44261.

51 Ill.2d 550 (1972)

283 N.E.2d 872

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. GEORGE WISHNEVSKY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 22, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROGER V. PIERSON, of Princeton, and WILLIAM J. WIMBISCUS, JR., of Spring Valley, for appellants.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield (WILLIAM P. RYAN, Assistant Attorney General, and DONALD C. MARTIN, Special Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The Department of Public Works and Buildings filed a condemnation petition in the circuit court of Bureau County to take a part of the defendants' land in connection with the widening of an existing highway from two to four lanes. The defendants filed a demand that the Department take the whole parcel of their land rather than merely that part needed for the widening. On October 14, 1969...

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