General Auto Service Station v. Maniatis

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff General Auto Service Station (GASS) appeals an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment to defendant City of Chicago (City) on count I of plaintiff’s complaint, which sought a declaration that a dead-end alley near the intersection of State and Elm Streets in Chicago is privately owned by the owners of the properties surrounding the alley. This appeal is a continuation of the litigation previously before this court in Heerey v. Maniatis, 192 Ill. App. 3d 868, 549 N.E.2d 691 (1989).

Although the…