History in the Illinois Court

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In September 1985, Charles Koen's building, the Security Bank Building in Cairo, Illinois, was destroyed by fire.  The building was still standing, but was burned and gutted.  Some time thereafter, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (USFG), the insurer of the building, paid part of the loss, but withheld further payment after authorities concluded the fire was caused by arson.  In November 1987, Koen sued USFG in Alexander County Circuit Court to recover the balance of his insurance claim.  USFG responded by filing a motion for leave to deposit money with the state circuit court.  This motion was, in effect, an attempt to deposit the amount of its settlement offer with the court pending a response to that offerbe held by the state circuit court along with the other funds deposited with the court by USFG pursuant to its settlement offer.  Finally, the court ordered that, if Koen did not give Hockett a notice to proceed by March 20, 1988, or, if Hockett did not complete the demolition by June 18, 1988, the sum of $62,810 would be paid over to the city to accomplish the demolition.  The March 3 order was based on an agreement between Koen and the city that Koen would have his building demolished by June 18, 1988, and that, if the building was not demolished by that date, Koen would allow the city to complete the demolition and to receive the demolition fund deposited in the state circuit court