Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Jensen

This is an appeal from the trial court judgment in a land condemnation case to determine the value of nine parcels of land in Lake County, Illinois. No cross-complaint was filed in the trial court so the only issue was the value of the land taken. The jury fixed the valuations of the land taken in its verdict and, since the defendants had withdrawn an amount in excess of the verdict returned, a judgment was entered against the defendants in the sum of $4100 for the excessive withdrawal, from which judgment order this appeal is taken.

Five assignments of error are made by defendants’ brief as…