BEVERLY TRUST CO. v. DEKOWSKI

No. 1-90-3113.

576 N.E.2d 1049 (1991)

216 Ill. App.3d 732

160 Ill.Dec. 95

BEVERLY TRUST COMPANY as Successor to Matteson-Richton Bank as Trustee under Trust No. 74-1669, Olympia Fields Development Group, a joint venture, as beneficiaries of Trust No. 74-1669, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stefan DEKOWSKI and Irene Dekowski, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stinespring, Lambert & Associates, Flossmoor (Connie J. Lambert and Jerry L. Lambert, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Kreisman & Rakich, Matteson (Edward L. Morrison, Jr., Steven D. Rakich and Robert D. Kreisman, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice LaPORTA delivered the opinion of the court:

In an action in ejectment, trespass and unjust enrichment to require defendants to remove pool equipment and a fence from a strip of land approximately 14 feet by 100 feet on plaintiff's property, defendants raised the defense of ownership by adverse possession. The trial court entered an order in favor of plaintiff and against the defendants on the issue of adverse possession. Defendants appealed.

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