Town of Libertyville v. First National Bank of Lake Forest

Plaintiff, the Town of Libertyville, brought this eminent domain action in the circuit court of Lake County pursuant to the Township Open Space Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 139, pars. 321 through 325), against defendants First National Bank of Lake Forest, Timothy J. Towne, the Board of American Missions of the Lutheran Church of America, and unknown others. Plaintiff sought to acquire by condemnation a 2.985-acre parcel of land in which each of the defendants claimed an interest. The circuit court dismissed the action, ruling that plaintiff did not possess the power to condemn the subject…