Lake County Forest Preserve District v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.

The defendants appeal from a judgment of condemnation in which they were awarded $205,000 as just compensation in accordance with the jury verdict. They contend that various trial errors deprived them of a fair trial, that the verdict was not within the range of the evidence, that they were improperly refused permission to file a cross-petition for severance damages, and that no prejudice would result from ordering a new trial because a necessary party was not joined in the proceeding.

The condemnation petition was filed on February 16, 1973, and the case was tiled in March, 1974. The subject…