No. 3-02-0098
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
THIRD DISTRICT
A.D., 2003
| THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL | ) | Appeal from the Circuit Court | 
| RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF | ) | for the 12th Judicial Circuit, | 
| ILLINOIS, | ) | Will County, Illinois | 
| ) | ||
| Plaintiff-Appellee, | ) | |
| ) | Nos. 91-ED-1 and 92-ED-2 | |
| v. | ) | Consolidated under 99-ED-1 | 
| ) | ||
| ) | Honorable Ludwig J. Kuhar, | |
| JOSEPH BRAUER, LORRAINE, | ) | Judge, Presiding | 
| BRAUER, DENNIS J. BRAUER, D.J. | ) | |
| BRAUER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, | ) | |
| a Partnership, and UNKNOWN | ) | |
| OWNERS, | ) | |
| ) | ||
| Defendants-Appellants. | ) | 
PRESIDING JUSTICE McDADE delivered the opinion of the court:
This appeal arises out of a condemnation proceedinginitiated against property owned by the defendants. During the 2