Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Kelly

99.266 acres in the unincorporated area of Cook County owned by the defendants as co-trustees were taken by two separate condemnation proceedings instituted within a 17-month period by two public bodies, the Department of Public Works of this State (hereafter referred to as the State) and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (hereafter referred to as the Forest Preserve). The proceeding involved in this appeal was filed by the State on December 26,1968, to acquire 3.9 acres for the construction of a federally-funded, limited-access expressway (Interstate Highway 1-90). The State took…