Hawkins v. City of Elgin

Plaintiffs filed their complaint against defendants, consisting of three counts: Count I, in ejectment and for damages for an alleged illegal encroachment upon plaintiffs’ land; Count II, in equity, for a mandatory injunction to remove all encroachments upon plaintiffs’ land; and Count III, making additional parties defendants, who since the filing of this action went into possession of some of the encroachments complained against.

Answers were filed by all of the defendants, and the cause was referred to a master to report his findings of fact and conclusions of law. The master made his…