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DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS & BLDGS. v. DIXON

No. 39995.

37 Ill.2d 518 (1967)

229 N.E.2d 679

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Appellee, v. HAROLD E. DIXON et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PHILIP W. TONE and DONALD R. HARRIS, of Chicago, and A.F. MELVIN, CHARLES D. WINTERS, and R.W. HARRIS, all of Marion, (RAYMOND, MAYER, JENNER & BLOCK, of counsel,) for appellants.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (HAROLD G. ANDREWS and RICHARD E. QUINN, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question here, preserved for review by appropriate objection in the trial court, is which party has the right to open and close arguments to the jury in an eminent domain proceeding following a "quick-take" by the Department of Public Works and Buildings under the provisions of the Eminent Domain Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 47, par. 1 et seq.) The Department...

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