DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS & BLDGS. v. DIVIT

No. 36920.

25 Ill.2d 93 (1962)

182 N.E.2d 749

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. LOREN A. DIVIT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SUMMERS & WATSON, of Champaign, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, AUBREY KAPLAN, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, and A. ZOLA GROVES, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

A petition for condemnation was filed in the county court of Kankakee County upon behalf of the State of Illinois to acquire.813 acres of land owned by the appellant, Loren A. Divit, for the purpose of constructing a highway interchange between Interstate Route No. 57, a planned cross-country freeway, and U.S. Route No. 54, an existing four-lane highway. Appellant filed a cross-petition...

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