Mamolella v. FIRST BK. OF OAK PARK

Plaintiffs Ralph and Maria Mamolella filed an action in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking to enjoin a purpresture. The purpresture was created when defendants Frank Mamolella, Jr., and Atomic Auto Recycling, Inc., fenced off and appropriated for their own use a portion of an alley belonging to the City of Chicago. The City, which took no action to abate the encroachment, was also joined as a defendant. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, defendant City of Chicago’s motion for a directed verdict was granted. At the conclusion of the bench trial, the trial court dismissed defendants…