NOTICE: This order was filed under Supreme Court Rule 23 and is not precedent except in the limited circumstances allowed under Rule 23(e)(1).

2023 IL App (3d) 220347-U Order filed September 1, 2023 ____________________________________________________________________________ IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS THIRD DISTRICT 2023 EDWARD MCGOWAN and ) Appeal from the Circuit Court 55/30 ACQUISITIONS, LLC ) of the 12th Judicial Circuit, ) Will County, Illinois, Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) ) v. ) Appeal No. 3-22-0347 ) Circuit No. 21-L-200 FIRST MIDWEST BANK as Trustee under ) Trust No. 5693 dated June 2, 1992; ) CHICAGOLAND CENTER ASSOCIATION, ) INC.; THOMAS SEARLS; STEVE SEARLS; ) RICHARD SEARLS, JR.; RICHARD ) SEARLS, III; JOHN SEARLS; JACOB & ) HEFNER ASSOCIATES, INC.; and ) ILLINOIS-AMERICAN WATER CO., ) ) Defendants ) ) (First Midwest Bank as Trustee under Trust ) No. 5693 dated June 2, 1992; Thomas Searls; ) Steve Searls; Richard Searls, Jr.; Richard ) Honorable Searls, III; John Searls; and Jacob & Hefner ) John C. Anderson, Associates, Inc., Defendants-Appellees). ) Judge, Presiding. ____________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the judgment of the court.

Justices Peterson and Albrecht concurred in the judgment. ____________________________________________________________________________ ORDER