Inland Land Appreciation Fund, L.P. v. County of Kane

Plaintiffs, Inland Land Appreciation Fund, L.P, and Firstar Bank of Illinois, appeal the judgment of the circuit court of Kane County in favor of defendant Kane County entered after a bench trial on count IV of plaintiffs’ complaint and defendant’s counterclaim. We affirm.

The following facts are undisputed. Plaintiffs, who own several properties in Kane County, submitted their proposed Prairie Lakes Subdivision plan to defendant for review in 1995. In April 1996, Paul Schuch, director of defendant’s water resources and platting division, sent the following letter to Anthony Casaccio,…