CITY OF CHICAGO v. HARRIS TRUST AND SAV. BANK

No. 1-02-3213.

804 N.E.2d 724 (2004)

346 Ill. App.3d 609

281 Ill.Dec. 759

The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, T/U/T 38310, Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey Corporation, as Mortgagee, Walgreen Company; Lasalle National Bank, Successor Trustee to Exchange National Bank of Chicago, T/U/T 22872, Midwest Newsreel Theater, Inc.; Just Class, Inc., Leonard Searcy, Individually and d/b/a Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken; Aetna Life Insurance Company; Wabash Randolph Partnership; Helga M. Dobbs, Individually and as Trustee of George R. Dobbs, Trust; Misericordia Home d/b/a Heart of Mercy; Aktien Verein, Des Zoologishen Gartens, a Foreign Corporation, Cole Taylor Bank, T/U/T 38310, Dean E. Parker, Mort Cooper, Ltd., an Illinois Corporation, Commonwealth Trading, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, d/b/a Hit or Miss; Sung Kim, Individually, and d/b/a Wig Fashions of Chicago; State-Randolph Currency Exchange; Desmond's Formal Wear, Inc.; World's Money Exchange, Inc., DMS Hair Design, Inc., Murphy's Cap and Gown Company, Pamela Keith, d/b/a Glorious Hair; and Unknown Others, Defendants (Whiteco Outdoor Advertising, a Division of Whiteco Industries, Inc., Successor Assignee of All-Sign Corporation, Assignee of Diamond Vision, Inc., Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

February 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Mara S. Georges, Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon and Meera Werth, of counsel), for Appellee.

Robert J. Weber, Chicago (Robert J. Weber, of counsel), for Appellant.


Presiding Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from a declaration and motion to abandon filed by plaintiff, City of Chicago (the City), seeking to abandon its taking of a leasehold interest in an outdoor billboard sign utilized by defendant, Whiteco Outdoor Advertising, now known as Lamar Advertising Company (Whiteco).1 Whiteco sells space on its billboards to...

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