Wehde v. Regional Transportation Authority

Plaintiffs in this case seek the right of access to their respective parcels of land by claiming a prescriptive easement over a set of railroad tracks owned by the defendant, Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority (Metra). Plaintiffs Steven Wehde and Christin Wehde appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Metra. The American National Bank and Trust Company of Waukegan, as trustee of land trust No. 983, coplaintiff, appeals from an order granting Metra’s motion for judgment at the close of plaintiffs’ case. For the following reasons, we reverse both…