De Witt County Public Building Commission v. County of De Witt

PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Public Building Commission (PBC) lease.

The De Witt County board (board) says it’s invalid because it obligates the PBC to do nothing.

We disagree — the parties would not have entered into such an agreement absent a mutual intent that each be bound to do something!

Nor do any of the other counts of the board’s affirmative defenses allege facts legally sufficient to render the lease invalid.

Accordingly, we affirm in toto.

The facts underlying this dispute can be simply stated. In. order to finance the construction of a new county building,…