City of Elgin v. Elgin National Bank

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, the City of Elgin, filed an eminent domain complaint seeking to take 14 acres of land for the purpose of constructing a flood control facility. The defendants, Elgin National Bank, as trustee under trust No. 305, Bernard E. Cavitt, James Wilder, and unknown owners, filed a traverse and motion to dismiss on the ground that the taking was excessive. The trial court sustained the defendants’ traverse and motion to dismiss. The plaintiff appeals.

The property which the plaintiff seeks to take is located in the City of…