Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Wishnevsky

The Department of Public Works and Buildings filed a condemnation petition in the circuit court of Bureau County to take a part of the defendants’ land in connection with the widening of an existing highway from two to four lanes. The defendants filed a demand that the Department take the whole parcel of their land rather than merely that part needed for the widening. On October 14, 1969, the court entered an order which provided that the Department take the entire parcel of the defendants’ land. The appellate court reversed the judgment of the trial court (Department of Public Works and…