Department of Transportation v. Galley

This is an appeal by the Illinois Department of Transportation from a judgment rendered upon a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Madison County in an eminent domain proceeding. The judgment awarded defendants-appellees $4,000.00 for land taken, $100.00 for a temporary construction easement, and $50,000.00 for damages to land not taken. It is contended that reversible error was committed in the admission of certain testimony, in the refusal of the court to give one of petitioner’s instructions, and the alleged prejudicial final argument of counsel for defendants.

At the request of defendants…