County Board of School Trustees v. Association of Franciscan Fathers

An Association of Franciscan Fathers of the State of Illinois (hereinafter Franciscans) appeals from a judgment denying its petition for relief under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110, par. 72) (No. 76 — 19), and from a judgment dismissing its complaint for equitable relief from an alleged excessive taking (No. 76 — 20). We have consolidated the appeals for opinion.

The dispute involves eminent domain proceedings filed in 1968 to acquire a parcel of property in the northern part of the Franciscans’ 400-acre tract for the use of Hinsdale Township High School…