Village of Cypress v. Green

Plaintiff, the Village of Cypress (village), brought suit against the defendant, Fred Green, a resident of the village, seeking damages for obstruction of a strip of land that was claimed by the village as a public road within its corporate limits. The village claimed that the land had become a public way through prescriptive use by the public for 15 years pursuant to section 2 — 202 of the Illinois Highway Code (HI. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 121, par. 2 — 202). The trial court found for the village and assessed damages against the defendant in the amount of $4,000 actual damages and $1,000…