PEOPLE EX REL. DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. NORTHERN TR.

No. 77-1574.

59 Ill. App.3d 1053 (1978)

376 N.E.2d 286

THE PEOPLE ex rel. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed May 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (Frank S. Righeimer, Jr., and Frank R. Martin, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellant.

Foran, Wiss & Schultz and Kearney & Phelan, both of Chicago (Robert E. Wiss and Edward Q. McCarthy, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Cook County. The attorneys for the defendant were awarded an attorneys' fee of $1,750 for their work in a condemnation proceeding. The plaintiff appeals from the order of the trial court awarding the defendant's attorneys a fee.

The sole issue presented for review is whether or not the trial court erred in awarding attorneys' fees...

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