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DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION v. JONES

No. 51310.

75 Ill.2d 557 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 1197

THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, Appellant, v. DAVID A. JONES et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roy E. Frazier, Assistant Attorney General, and Frank M. Daly, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Waukegan, of counsel), for appellant.

Morrison & Nemanich, of Waukegan (Donald T. Morrison, of counsel), for appellees.

Burke, Weber & Egan, of Chicago (Thomas T. Burke, Edward J. Egan, and William E. Ryan, of counsel), for amicus curiae Joseph M. Johnson.

Nadelhoffer, Hennessey, Dommermuth & Brestal, of Naperville (Stephen D. Helm, of counsel), for amicus curiae Forest Preserve District of Du Page County.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

One year after the Department of Conservation (Department) filed a petition to condemn 13.4 acres of defendants' improved property, a jury, on December 16, 1976, returned a verdict setting just compensation for the property at $275,000. Thirteen days later, the trial court entered judgment on the verdict and reserved judgment on the question of interest. The court also ordered that title...

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