Town of Libertyville v. Moran

Plaintiff, the Town of Libertyville, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Lake County entered on a jury award of $713,528 as just compensation for a 52.3-acre parcel of real property owned by defendants, Lynne M. Moran and Joyce H. Diserio, as trustee under a trust agreement, which plaintiff sought to acquire by condemnation pursuant to the Township Open Space Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 139, par. 321 et seq.).

Plaintiff raises numerous trial errors and the amount of the jury award as issues on appeal. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for mootness, which we…