Cooper v. Williams

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Evelyn Williams, from an award of a permanent injunction on behalf of the plaintiffs, Gerald and Jacqueline Cooper and Ralph and Sheila Spenny, requiring the defendant to remove a gate, constructed to close a lane running to the defendant’s property. The basis of the action for the injunction was an allegation by the plaintiffs that the lane ran across their property to the defendant’s property.

In her answer, the defendant asserted the affirmative defense that she had acquired ownership of the…