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ILL. BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. LEWIS

No. 4-82-0788.

117 Ill. App.3d 72 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 588

ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. KITTY LEWIS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied September 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred B. LaBarre, of Ensel, Jones, Blanchard & LaBarre, of Springfield, for appellant.

Nolan Lipsky, of Petersburg, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

The question: When a telephone company condemns private property, must it follow the provisions of the Telegraph and Telephone Act or must it follow the provisions of the Public Utilities Act?

Illinois Bell answers: Telegraph and Telephone Act.

Lewis responds: Public Utilities Act.

We hold: Both.

These same parties were before this court in the previous case...

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