Adverse Possession

Originally published in the November 2004 issue of the ATG concept.

ATG is generally reluctant to insure property where the only basis for ownership interest is through...

 

ADVERSE POSSESSION


ATG is generally...

Summary: Homeowner did not have a prescriptive easement on neighbor’s driveway because the neighbor had given the previous owner permission to use the driveway, so the use was not...

Summary: A plat that provides easements for “use by owners and their guests,” does not dedicate those easements to the public, but creates a private easement co-owned by all...

Summary: Under Illinois law a prescriptive easement can only be established if the element of exclusivity is met. The party claiming exclusivity must prove that he or she possessed the...

 

COLOR OF TITLE IN ILLINOIS
by Brian Hair, ATG Law...

Summary: Claimant failed to establish adverse possession of the lane because the lane was not under his exclusive control.

 

Corn v. Corn, 24 N.E.3d 987 (...

Summary: Abandonment does not divest the fee simple owner of legal title to the property such that a third party could acquire it by merely taking possession and making...

Summary: Land owners whose property has been taken away by adverse possession cannot take legal title away from the adverse possessors simply by building a new fence on the old...

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