Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Greenwell

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CARTER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The Department of Public Works and Buildings of the State of Illinois filed on September 17,1971, a petition for condemnation of several tracts of land owned by defendants. On June 5, 1974, defendant Sullivan, the owner of the .885-acre tract that is the subject of this appeal, cross-petitioned for damages to land not taken. Jury verdicts were returned in the amounts of $2,500 for the land taken, .618 acre of defendant’s parcel, and $6,000 as damages to the remaining land, .267 acre improved with a house. Defendant’s post-trial…