Department of Transportation v. Shaw

This is an appeal from an action of inverse condemnation. Pursuant to the mandate of a writ of mandamus issued July 30, 1971, the petitioner, the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois, filed a condemnation petition on July 31, 1973. The parties disputed the purposes of this action. Defendants, William and Earlene Shaw, contended prior to trial that the question to be determined by the jury in the condemnation action was the amount of compensation due them for the taking of their access rights to Interstate 55 (U.S. Route 66) cut off by the closing of a township road.…