(DOWNLOAD) "Trustees of Schools v. Schroeder" by Supreme Court of Illinois ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Trustees of Schools v. Schroeder
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 22, 1961
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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This is an appeal, upon leave granted by this court, from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting a new trial in an eminent domain proceeding. Our jurisdiction is based upon section 12 of the Eminent Domain Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 47, par. 12,) and section 77(2) of the Civil Practice Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 110, par. 77. Plaintiffs, the trustees of schools of a township, filed a petition to condemn for school purposes, a 17.5-acre tract of land owned by defendants, Gerald A. Schroeder and Clara Schroeder, his wife. The acreage in question is in the form of a right angle triangle with its base on the south, its altitude on the west, a truncated northern point and its hypotenuse extending for 1375 feet northwesterly and southeasterly along Rand Road in an unincorporated area of Cook County. The property, which is presently used as a truck farm, is in many ways unique, making comparison sales a difficult and inconclusive criterion. It is located in the heart of a thriving area of shopping-center development. A short distance to the southeast on Rand Road a 40-acre shopping center for chain store tenants is under construction and one-half mile to the northwest on Rand Road a 60-acre shopping center is under construction. The subject property itself is adjacent to the village of Mount Prospect, being six blocks from the business district of the village. It is within easy access of schools, parks, churches, toll roads, expressways and public transportation. Water and sewers are available at the property and the surrounding area is building up rapidly. Rand Road, upon which the tract has extensive frontage, is United States Route 12 and is a heavily traveled thoroughfare.