McClellan v. King

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Rock Island County which confirmed title to a disputed tract of land in the defendants on the basis of the running of the statute of limitations pertaining to adverse possession.

Carl E. McClellan and Lena May McClellan, husband and wife, hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs, filed a complaint on August 19, 1968, against Raphael King and Dixie King, husband and wife, hereinafter referred to as the defendants. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin the defendants from using a tract of land which they alleged to be theirs and further claimed…