Inn of the Lamplighter, Inc. v. Kramer

Plaintiffs James R. Grady and Ruth H. Grady, as assignees of the original plaintiff, Inn of the Lamplighter, Inc., appeal from an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County striking their complaint for the issuance of a writ of mandamus against the defendants. The writ was sought to compel the defendants to bring an action in eminent domain to compensate the plaintiffs for their alleged loss of access to their property. This has sometimes been referred to as “inverse condemnation.”

Plaintiffs owned approximately 8.7 acres of land south of Springfield on what was U.S. Route 66 and afterwards…