Forest Preserve District v. South Holland Trust & Savings Bank

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in an eminent domain proceeding filed by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (petitioner) in the circuit court of Cook County on June 1,1972. Petitioner sought to acquire the title to 155.95 acres of land which was held by the South Holland Trust & Savings Bank as trustee for the beneficial owners, Olga Jerzyk and her son, Joseph Jerzyk. (The trust and the Jerzyks are hereinafter referred to as defendants.)

The subject property is situated in Bloom Township, Illinois, contiguous to Dyer, Indiana, on the Illinois-Indiana State line and is…