Umdenstook v. State

8 Ill. Ct. Cl. 734, 1935 Ill. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 269
Court of Claims of Illinois·Decided June 1, 1935·No. Nos. 1915 to 1930, both inclusive, and Nos. 2276, 2277, consolidated·Published

Opinion

Per Curiam:

All of the above claims, as well as certain other claims now pending in this court, arise by reason of the construction by the respondent of the approach to the Cedar Street Bridge in the city of East Peoria, all of which cases are known as East Peoria Bridge cases.

All of the claimants herein are represented by the same counsel, and inasmuch as all of the cases grew out of the same transaction and involve the same questions, it has been agreed by counsel for the respective parties, that the cases be consolidated for the purpose of this hearing.

The facts as to local conditions at and during the time involved in these cases, as well as the facts which apply generally to all of such cases, have been fully set forth in the consolidated cases of George Treharne and Rosie Treharne vs. State of Illinois, No. 1934, and Russell Youngman and Laura H. Youngman vs. State of Illinois, No. 1935, and in the consolidated cases of Albert J. Moore et al. vs. The State of Illinois, Nos. 1957 to 1964, and No. 1974, to which reference is made therefor.

The facts which apply particularly to the several cases under consideration herein, to-wit, the facts as to the location of the several properties and the character of the improvements thereon, if any, are as follows, to-wit:

No. 1915.

Mamie Umdenstook.

Claimant is the owner of Lot No. 571 which is located on the west side of Clark Street, between S. B. I. Route 121 and Maple Street, being approximately one hundred five (105) feet south of said S. B. I. Route 121, and one hundred twenty (120) feet north of Maple Street; — and has a frontage of forty (40) feet on Clark Street and a depth of one hundred twenty-seven and one-half (127%) feet. The east or front line of the lot is two hundred seventy (270) feet east of the Sanford Street fill.

This lot is improved by a one-story five-room frame dwelling with concrete block foundation and no basement. The building is equipped for electricity and gas, but has no furnace, no bath, no plumbing fixtures, no cesspool and no sewer connections.

The exterior side walls are of stained shingle, and the building has a shingle roof. The floors and trim are of pine and the interior walls are of plaster. There is a small one-car garage, together with a shed and toilet, at the rear of the lot.

The fill on the Clark Street approach to S. B. I. Route 121 commences at or near the north line of claimant’s lot. The surface of the lot is level with the adjoining street and there is no direct interference with ingress or egress over said street as the result of the construction of the improvement in question.

No. 1916.

Edwin Jones and Dorothy P. Jones.

Claimants are the owners of Lot No. 585 which is located on the east side, of Monson Street, between S. B. I. Route 121 and Maple Street, being approximately fifteen (15) feet south of said S. B. I. Route 121, and one hundred sixty (160) feet north of Maple Street. The north boundary of such lot immediately adjoins the east and west alley which is just south of and parallel with S. B. I. Route 121 at that point. The lot has a frontage of forty (40) feet on Monson Street and a depth of one hundred twenty-seven and one-half (127%) feet. The west or front line of the lot is six hundred sixty (660) feet east of the Sanford Street fill.

This lot is improved by a one-and-one-half-st'ory five-room frame dwelling with gable roof of ruhberoid roofing, and has a concrete block foundation and a five-foot basement. The building is equipped for electricity but not for gas, and has no cesspool, no furnace, no plumbing fixtures and no sewer connection. The exterior side walls are of stained shingle, and the interior walls are of plaster. The floors and trim are of pine.

There is a small one-car garage located on the northwest corner of the lot, and an outside toilet.

The fill on the Monson Street approach to S. B. I. Route 121 ranges from one foot six inches in height at the south lot line to five feet in height at the north lot line, and interferes materially with ingress and egress over said Monson Street.

No. 1917.

Norman W. Gebhardt.

Claimant is the owner of Lot No. 569, which is a corner lot located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Sanford and Maple Streets, and is approximately three hundred (300) feet south of S. B. I. Route 121. This lot has a frontage of forty (40) feet on Sanford Street and a depth of one hundred twenty-seven and one-half (127%) feet.

The lot in question is improved by a one-story four-room frame .dwelling, with stained shingle side walls and rubberoid roof, and has a basement the full length of the building. The floors and trim are of pine and the interior walls are of plasterboard.

The building is equipped for lighting but not for gas; has a furnace but no bath, and no plumbing fixtures or sewer connection. There is a one-car garage at the rear of the lot, also a well and an outside toilet.

The Sanford Street fill which constitutes the approach to S. B. I. Route 121, commences just south of the south line of claimant’s lot, and rises gradually to an elevation of two feet and three inches at the north line of the lot, as the result of which there is some material interference with ingress and egress over Sanford Street, as the result of the construction of the improvement in question.

No. 1918.

Anna B. Skinner.

Claimant is the owner of Lot No. 578 which is located on the east side of Clark Street between S. B. I. Route 121 and Maple Street, being approximately 166.3 feet south of said S. B. I. Route 121, and forty (40) north of Maple Street. This property has a frontage of forty (40) feet on Clark Street and a depth of one hundred twenty-seven and one-half (127%) feet. The west or front line of the lot is three hundred thirty (330) feet east of the Sanford Street fill.

This lot is improved by a one-story five-room frame dwelling with two porches, and has rubberoid roofing, a concrete block foundation, but no basement. The building is equipped for electricity but not for gas; has no furnace, no bath, no plumbing fixtures, no cesspool, and no sewer connections. The exterior walls are of siding. The floors and trim are of pine and the interior walls are of plasterboard. The property is in poor physical condition and badly in need of repairs. There is a three-car garage, a well, and an outside toilet at the rear of the lot.

The south end of the fill on the Clark Street approach to S. B. I. Boute 121, is approximately eighty (80) feet north of the north line of claimant’s property. The surface of the lot is level with the adjoining street, and there is no interference with ingress or egress over said Clark Street as the result of the construction of the improvement in question.

No. 1919.

William M. Harris.

Claimant is the owner of Lot No. 575 which is located on the east side of Clark Street between S. B. I. Boute 121' and Maple Street, being approximately forty-five (45) feet south of S. B. I.

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