Harwood v. City of Bloomington

Citations

• 124 Ill. 48
• 16 N.E. 91

Syllabus

<p>1. Eminent domain—measure of damages—as to lamd taken and land not taken—application of benefits. Where land is taken for a public improvement, the owner will be entitled to the value of the land actually taken, without regard to any supposed benefits arising from the proposed improvement.</p> <p>2. But when the owner of a lot interposes a claim for damages to that part not taken, if such part has received special benefits, or benefits not common to other property, such benefits may be considered in arriving at the amount of damages the owner may have sustained.</p> <p>3. Same—measure of damages—of the rule under act relating to cities, cíe. In a proceeding under article 9 of the act relating to cities and villages, for the condemnation of land for a street, the same rule applies in respect to the measure of compensation and damage to land not taken, as in a proceeding under the Eminent Domain act.</p>