Harris Bank of St. Charles v. City of Geneva

Plaintiffs, Harris Bank of St. Charles, as trustee under trust No. 1843, and Lorraine Darrow, appeal from an order which denied their motion for summary judgment and granted the summary judgment motion of defendant, the City of Geneva (City). The issue on appeal is whether a 16-foot-wide strip of land which is shown on a subdivision plat as being “Reserved in Favor of Owners for Planting Purposes” was dedicated to the public and should be included as a part of the right-of-way of an abutting road. We affirm.

Plaintiffs commenced this declaratory judgment action which sought a declaration that…