Mann v. La Salle National Bank

This appeal is from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting plaintiffs title by adverse possession to a parcel of land whose legal titleholder had been trust No. 841, with Irene Breen as trustee and John Waters as beneficiary. Upon review of the record we find that the trial court’s award of title to plaintiffs was against the manifest weight of the evidence and so we reverse.

On September 14, 1987, Edward and Holly Mann (plaintiffs) filed an action to quiet title to a 35-foot by 131.31-foot parcel of land at 841 Park Plaine Avenue in Park Ridge, Illinois, which is immediately…