Illinois State Toll Highway Authority v. American National Bank & Trust Co.

The plaintiff, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (the Authority), appeals from a consolidated eminent domain proceeding wherein a jury awarded the defendant trustees, American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago and the Bank of Ravenswood, $603,571 for the taking of their property and $176,673 in damages. On appeal, the Authority argues that (1) the court erred in excluding evidence of the purchase price paid by the defendants; (2) the court erred in excluding evidence of special benefits which accrued to the remainder of the property; (3) the defendants waived any claim for…