Department of Conservation Ex Rel. People v. Fairless

Plaintiff, the Department of Conservation of the State of Illinois, for and in behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, brought this action in ejectment against defendants, Curtis Fairless and Gladys Genevieve Fairless, seeking to eject defendants from certain parcels located in Johnson County. The circuit court of Johnson County, following a bench trial, entered judgment in favor of plaintiff, finding that plaintiff’s predecessor in title had been in possession of the subject parcels at the time of their conveyance to plaintiff; that plaintiff’s predecessor in title could have…