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WILLIS v. MENARD COUNTY BD. OF COMM'RS.

No. 14136.

55 Ill. App.3d 26 (1977)

370 N.E.2d 636

RAYMOND WILLIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE MENARD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan Lipsky, State's Attorney, of Petersburg, for appellants.

William S. Hanley, of Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., of Springfield, and Robert Thomas Fleming, of Fleming, Messman, Lapan & O'Connor, of Bloomington, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL delivered the opinion of the court:

After the defendant Menard County Board of Commissioners denied a special use permit for a limestone quarry to property owner Raymond Willis, he and the contract-purchaser of his property, Material Service Corporation, filed suit and obtained a judgment declaring that plaintiffs' 300-acre farm may be used for open pit mining of limestone and related activities. The County...

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