Deboe v. Flick

James and Pamela Flick, defendants (the Flicks), appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County granting a prescriptive easement in favor of Robert and Hattie Deboe, plaintiffs (the Deboes), and entering a permanent injunction against them from interfering with the Deboes’ use of this easement. The court further ordered the removal of a 90-foot chain link fence erected by the Flicks on the property in question. We reverse.

The Deboes and the Flicks are next door neighbors, with the Deboes residing at 420 North Church Street in Belleville, Illinois, and the Flicks at 426…