GORDON v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

No. 57751.

99 Ill.2d 44 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 403

JOHN J. GORDON et al., Appellants, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Kelly, of Nack, Richardson & Kelly, of Galena, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roy E. Frazier, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Karl Yost, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, John J. Gordon, John F. Gordon, and Savanna State Bank, filed suit against defendant, the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois, to obtain a writ of mandamus compelling the defendant to commence condemnation proceedings concerning property allegedly owned by plaintiffs John J. Gordon and John F. Gordon and mortgaged to Savanna State Bank. On May 20, 1980...

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