Vallas v. Johnson

Gabriel and Idora Valias filed suit in the Circuit Court of Peoria County seeking to have an easement of ingress and egress across their property limited to 12 feet in width. The defendants, Henry and Dorothy Johnson, answered by way of counterclaim seeking to have the court define the same easement as being 25 feet wide. The trial court, sitting without a jury, heard the evidence offered by both parties to this dispute and determined that the proper dimension of the easement was nineteen feet of even width. Plaintiffs appeal from this decision raising three issues; there is no cross-appeal.

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