City of Chicago for Use of Schools v. Albert J. Schorsch Realty Co.
| Decision Date | 26 July 1972 |
| Docket Number | No. 56225,No. 11--1030,No. 15166,11--1030,15166,56225 |
| Citation | 6 Ill.App.3d 1074,287 N.E.2d 93 |
| Parties | CITY OF CHICAGO in Trust for the USE OF SCHOOLS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALBERT J. SCHORSCH REALTY CO., Inc., et al., National Bank of Albany Park in Chicago, as Trustee under Trust, individually and as Successor in Interest to Exchange National Bank of Chicago as Trustee under Trust, et al., Defendants-Appellants. CITY OF CHICAGO in Trust for the USE OF SCHOOLS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John PRZYWARA et al., Defendants, Appeal of NATIONAL BANK OF ALBANY PARK IN CHICAGO, as Trustee under Trust, individually and as Successor in Interest of Exchange National Bank of Chicago as Trustee under Trust, et al., Defendants. |
| Court | United States Appellate Court of Illinois |
James W. Coffey, Frank S. Righeimer, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee; Frank S. Righeimer, Richard E. Girard, Chicago, of counsel.
Green, Murnighan & Kane Associates, Chicago, for defendants-appellants; John B. Murnighan, Chicago, of counsel.
In this action, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, (who will hereinafter be referred to as 'the Board') filed a petition to condemn and acquire parcels of land for a school site. Judgment was entered awarding compensation to defendants on February 11, 1969, after a jury verdict. Defendants' post trial motion filed on March 11, 1969, was denied by the trial court on March 14, 1969, and defendants appealed. On June 15, 1970, we filed an opinion in which we affirmed the judgment of the trial court fixing the value of the parcels of land involved. City of Chicago v. A. J. Schorsch Realty Co., 127 Ill.App.2d 51, 261 N.E.2d 711. Petition for rehearing was denied August 3, 1970. Defendants filed a petition for leave to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court and caused this court to stay its mandate. Leave to appeal was denied on December 2, 1970. Defendants then filed a petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States and caused the mandates of the Illinois Supreme Court and the Appellate Court to be stayed. The Supreme Court of the United States denied defendants' petition for Writ of Certiorari on April 19, 1971, and issued its mandate to the Supreme Court of Illinois, which in turn issued its mandate to the Appellate Court of Illinois. On May 11, 1971, this court issued its mandate to the Circuit Court of Cook County. On May 13, 1971, the Board deposited with the County Treasurer of Cook County, the total amount of the condemnation award in the sum of $349,000, plus $174.50 in interest and costs of $44.00.
Defendants filed a 'Petition to Confirm Abandonment' in the Circuit Court on May 19, 1971, alleging that petitioner had abandoned the condemnation proceedings by failure to deposit the amount of the jury award within the time fixed in the judgment order pursuant to Section 10 of the Eminent Domain Act, ch. 47, Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, par. 10. Defendants also sought costs, fees and expenses pursuant to the act. In the alternative, defendants prayed that the court determine that petitioner had not deposited sufficient interest and costs pursuant to the judgment order. Plaintiff filed objections to this petition. After a hearing at which no evidence was taken, the relief prayed for was denied, and defendants appealed.
Defendants contend that (1) the failure by plaintiff to deposit full compensation within the time fixed in the judgment order resulted in an abandonment; (2) there was no stay or supersedeas which prevented or excused petitioner from depositing the full compensation; (3) in the alternative, the time for plaintiff to deposit full compensation began to run when this court filed its opinion on June 15, 1970, and (4) the payment made by petitioner did not comply with the interest statute and plaintiff has failed to make such a tender of full compensation as would satisfy the judgment. The Board contends that defendants' unsuccessful appeals stayed the running of time for payment of the award until the final mandate issued; that there is no need for a supersedeas in a condemnation case, and that the amount deposited by plaintiff fully satisfied the judgment order.
The record is clear that defendants remained in continuous possession of the condemned parcels while they were taking appeals and seeking reversal of the judgment. After examining the arguments and authorities cited by both parties, we conclude that an extended discussion would unnecessarily lengthen this opinion.
The judgment order of the Circuit Court recites:
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the Petitioner, within one hundred eighty (180) days from the entry of this order pay * * * the sum of Three Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($349,000.00) plus Forty-Four Dollars ($44.00) as costs of suit plus interest at the rate of 5% From the day the verdict of the jury was returned, February 7, 1969 until date of payment of award, as full compensation for the taking * * *
Defendants contend that petitioner has abandoned the condemnation proceedings by failing to deposit full compensation within 180 days from the date of judgment entered on February 11, 1969. They stress that only if a stay or supersedeas had been entered would the time for deposit have been stayed.
The Supreme Court has held contrary to this assertion. In People ex rel. White v. Busenhart, 29 Ill.2d 156, 193 N.E.2d 850, defendants contended that plaintiff had abandoned the condemnation proceeding by failure to pay the award within the 150 days specified in the judgment order. The court stated at p. 160, 193 N.E.2d at p. 853:
The assertion of abandonment is without merit. The time limitation of 150 days commences when the amount of the award has been finally determined. (County Board of School Trustees of DuPage County v. Boram, 26 Ill.2d 167, 186 N.E.2d 275.) Here the amount of compensation was not finally determined until our judgment on the first appeal was entered and the mandate issued. Rehearing was denied September 25, 1961. Judgment in accordance with the mandate was entered October 18, 1961, and the amount of the award was deposited the same day. Obviously the deposit was timely made.
In County Board of School Trustees of Du Page County v. Boram, 26...
To continue reading
Request your trial
-
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority v. Heritage Standard Bank and Trust Co.
...interest have begun to accrue. In support of this argument, Heritage cites City of Chicago v. Albert J. Schorsch Realty Co. (1972), 6 Ill.App.3d 1074, 287 N.E.2d 93. However, this court subsequently overruled that case, to the extent that Schorsch held that the judgment interest statute did......
-
Lake County Forest Preserve Dist. v. Vernon Hills Development Corp.
...v. Schorsch Realty Company (1972), 6 Ill.App.3d 1074, 287 N.E.2d 93, and County of Cook v. Malysa (1968), 39 Ill.2d 376, 235 N.E.2d 598. In Schorsch, the court held that the time allowed in the judgment order for payment of a condemnation award is stayed by an appeal and does not commence t......
-
Waukegan Port Dist. v. Kyritsis
...that it should be held applicable, and distinguished a 1972 decision that held to the contrary. City of Chicago v. Albert Schorsch Realty Co. (1972), 6 Ill.App.3d 1074, 1079, 287 N.E.2d 93, 96. The court also described certain distinguishing features of "quick-take" condemnations and a prov......
-
In re National Trade Corp., Bankruptcy No. 79 B 8407.
...from the case herein. A condemnation award is not a judgment upon which execution may issue. City of Chicago v. Schlorsch Realty Co., 6 Ill.App.3d 1074, 1078, 287 N.E.2d 93, 96 (1972) (quoting County of Cook v. Malysa, 39 Ill.2d 376, 379, 235 N.E.2d 598, 600 (1968)). As such, it is not enti......