Meade v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

Plaintiffs, Francis and Marjorie Meade, brought this action in the circuit court of Will County against Commonwealth Edison Company, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Forward Land Development Corporation and other individuals, to enjoin defendants from obstructing and interfering with the use of a public road. After a bench trial, the trial judge found that the road had never become a public road and entered judgment for the defendants from which plaintiffs appealed.

This litigation involves the land immediately adjacent to either side of a section line which is the common boundary between…