Judgment affirmed.
Mr. JUSTICE HALLETT delivered the opinion of the court:
In 1965 the Department of Public Works and Buildings of the State of Illinois (the State), in a quick-take condemnation proceeding, took 7.067 acres of a 22 1/2-acre tract, the owner receiving $110,000 as preliminary just compensation. When the compensation was finally determined by a jury some eight years later, the verdict was for only $82,000 ($55,000 for land taken and $27,000 damages...
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