Norman Township v. E T I Explosives Technologies International, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 12, 1987, plaintiff Norman Township filed a two-count suit in the circuit court of Grundy County for declaratory and injunctive relief. The township claimed public ownership, by the public’s adverse use for more than 15 years, of a 1.8-mile segment of a two-lane, 10.4-mile roadway between State Routes 47 and 170 in Grundy County known as DuPont Road. Record title to the road segment is currently held by defendant ETI Explosives Technologies Int’l., Inc. (ETI). After trial, the court entered judgment for plaintiff on both counts.…