(65 ILCS 5/9-2-34) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-34)
Sec. 9-2-34.
Any final judgment rendered by a court upon any finding of any
jury or of any judge where trial by jury is waived by the parties
concerned, shall be a lawful and sufficient condemnation of the land or
property to be taken, upon the payment of the net amount of the finding, as
hereinafter provided. It shall be final and conclusive as to the damages
and benefits caused by the improvement, unless the judgment is appealed
from. But no appeal shall delay proceedings under the ordinance, if the
petitioner files in the case its written election to proceed with the
improvement notwithstanding that appeal and deposits, as directed by the
court, the amount of judgment and costs, after deducting the benefits
assessed and adjudged against that property, if any. If the petitioner so
elects to make such a deposit prior to the final determination of any
appeal, it shall thereby become liable to pay to the owners of and parties
interested in the property in question, the difference, if any, between the
amount so deposited and the amount ultimately adjudged to be the just
compensation to be paid on account of the property, and interest on any
such difference at the rate of 5% annually from the date of the making of
the deposit, and costs.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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