Legal Opinion
Deatherage v. Lewis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 1, 1985No. 81—565PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES
delivered the opinion of the court:
At issue in the instant case is whether the plaintiff’s possession of property with his father during the plaintiff’s minority was sufficient to show his acquisition of the property by adverse possession. We find that it was not and accordingly affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The property that is the subject of this suit consists of a strip of ground 27 feet in width and approximately 600 feet in length. The parties described the property as a “ditch” lying approximately eight to 10 feet below the property north and south of it.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Old Mutual Casualty Company v. ClarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. GriffinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Field v. HerrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Riley v. JamesonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1823
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3Cited by1 opinion
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