Legal Opinion
Department of Public Works & Buildings v. American National Bank & Trust Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 6, 1976No. 73-400PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hallett
In 1965 the Department of Public Works and Buildings of tire State of Illinois (the State), in a quick-take condemnation proceeding, took 7.067 acres of a 22V2-acre tract, the owner receiving $110,000 as preliminary just compensation. When the compensation was finally determined by a jury some eight years later, the verdict was for only $82,000 ($55,000 for land taken and $27,000 damages to the remainder). The owner appeals, raising many issues, but we conclude that the owner received a fair trial, free of reversible error, and affirm.
On September 17, 1965, the State filed a petition to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- City of Evanston v. PiotrowiczIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- McElroy v. ForceIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Sanitary District of Chicago v. ChapinIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Department of Public Works & Buildings v. LottaIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- County of Cook v. HollandIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Carrano v. Yale-New Haven HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Department of Public Works & Buildings v. VogtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- City of Chicago v. Bank of RavenswoodAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Carrano v. Yale-New Haven HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- DEPT. OF PUB. WKS. & BLDGS. v. VogtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
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