Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Illinois v. First Nat’l Bank of Franklin Park

This case presents question as to whether, in condemnation action, trial court properly denied property owner’s request to hold post-trial evidentiary hearing to determine value of subject property as of date of trial. Under section 7-121 of Eminent Domain Act, value of condemned property is to be determined as of 1999 date on which instant condemnation action was filed and not 2007 date of trial. However, Appellate Court, in remanding case for evidentiary hearing, found that section 7-121 was unconstitutional to extent property increased in value during pendency of case.