Legal Opinion

Monroe v. Shrake

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1941No. 25994. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Gunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

Irma Monroe, appellant, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Shelby county asking for an injunction restraining appellees from going over or traveling across certain premises she now owns. George and Mary Shrake, two of the appellees, answered, alleging they have a roadway by prescription by virtue of continuous, open, adverse use under claim of right for a period of more than twenty years. The answer of appellee Sallie Turner, née Taylor, malees a like claim, and that she has a roadway of necessity by implied grant from…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rush v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Parker v. RosenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Bains v. ParkerTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Estate of Welliver v. AlbertsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1996
  3. People Ex Rel. Carson v. MateykaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  4. Nationwide Financial, L.P. v. PobudaIllinois Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Poulos v. F. H. Hill Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1948

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