Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Foreman State Trust & Savings Bank

The Department of Public Works and Buildings, appellee herein, filed a petition in the circuit court of Lake county to condemn 4.651 acres out of a tract of 74 acres of land owned by appellant for a part of the right of way for State Bond Issue Route 68. The jury found the value of the land taken to be $1050 and that there was no damage to the land not taken. A motion for a new trial was overruled, judgment was entered upon the verdict and this appeal followed.

Appellant contends that the parcel of land taken was not valued as part of the entire property; that the jury was not properly…