MIDLAND PROPERTIES CO. v. ACME REFINING CO.

No. 1-04-2526.

836 N.E.2d 95 (2005)

361 Ill. App.3d 180

296 Ill.Dec. 680

MIDLAND PROPERTIES COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACME REFINING COMPANY, and The City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Dwyer, Jr., O'Rourke, Hogan, Fowler & Dwyer, of Chicago, for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, Suzanne M. Loose, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, for Appellee City of Chicago.

Arthur E. Rosenson, Cohen Grossman & Rosenson L.L.C., of Chicago, for Appellee Acme Refining Company.


Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves ownership of a small strip of land (the Strip) located on the west side of Racine Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Acme Refining Company (Acme) has used the Strip since 1988, when it purchased land adjoining the Strip. In 1997, Midland Properties Co. (Midland) acquired a quit-claim deed purporting to convey title to the Strip. Midland initiated this action seeking a judgment declaring that...

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