Department of Transportation v. Collins

In this condemnation proceeding defendant property owners Josiah W. Collins II and others appeal from orders denying their traverse and motions to dismiss and from an order granting plaintiffs motion for immediate vesting of title. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 47, par. 1 et seq.) The property which is the subject of this litigation is identified as Parcel 9154 and consists of 1.407 acres, of which .879 acre is now a public road right-of-way for Illinois State Bond Issue Route 9, also known as U.S. 136, in Macomb, Illinois. One of the Illinois highway improvement projects scheduled for…