IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 300.10
Issues Made by Complaint—Fee Interest Taken
—No Damage to Remainder Claimed
This is a proceeding in which the plaintiff, e.g., Department of Transportation of the State
of Illinois, has filed a complaint to take certain property of the defendant by exercising the power
of eminent domain. Eminent domain is the power given by law to a [public body] [public service
company] to take private property for a public use. The constitution of the State of Illinois
provides that private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just
compensation.
You are to decide the am ount of just compensation to be paid the defendant for the
property which [will be] [has been] taken.
You must not concern yourselves with the right of plaintiff to take the property or the
need for the property or the wisdom of locating the proposed public use on defendant's property.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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