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DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS & BLDGS. v. KAUFMAN

No. 14756.

62 Ill. App.3d 858 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 920

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. ETHEL B. KAUFMAN et al., Defendants. — (ELLEN MORRIS et al., Defendants-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giffin, Winning, Lindner, Newkirk, Cohen & Bodewes, of Springfield, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (James L. Capel, Jr., and Gregory E. Pelini, Assistant Attorneys General, both of Meyer, Capel, Hirschfeld, Muncy, Jahn & Aldeen, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

"Quick take" condemnation.

"Preliminary just compensation" deposited and withdrawn.

Ten years elapse.

Can the condemnees lie in the weeds and then have the case dismissed for want of prosecution without themselves having demanded either trial or final disposition?

No. We affirm.

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