Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. v. Heritage Bank of Central Illinois

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Mechanics Lien Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2015 IL App (3d) 140064
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Peoria Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
CARTER
(Court opinion corrected 2/9/15.) Plaintiff engineering company filed civil complaint seeking to foreclose on mechanic's lien against multiple defendants, including bank. Court properly invalidated lien and granted summary judgment for bank, as Plaintiff failed to establish that its work improved the property at issue, under Mechanic's Lien Act. No case law has held that recording of a final plat as result of an engineering company's work was found to enhance value of land. (WRIGHT, concurring; LYTTON, dissenting.)