Belunski v. Oakes

Plaintiffs filed their complaint in ejectment to recover possession of a strip of land approximately 69.4 feet wide by 300 feet deep, lying north of State Route 114 in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 24 in township 31 north, range 14 east of the third principal meridian in Kankakee County, and for damages. Defendants filed an answer in the form of a general denial and a counterclaim claiming title to the disputed strip by adverse possession for a period of more than twenty years. This is a direct appeal from the judgment awarding possession and damages in the amount…