HSB Attorneys Trent Bond and Grant Mabie represented a commercial property owner in a partition suit that was resolved and settled. Later, the other party in the suit brought a new lawsuit claiming rent owed, damage to the property, and breach of fiduciary duty. ...
Month: August 2020
Illinois Inverse Condemnation Case Dismissed Where Easement Already Granted
In this case, the owner of real property filed a cause of action for inverse condemnation against a quasi-governmental entity. However, the Court determined that the entity had already acquired a prescriptive flood easement over the property due to the inaction of...
Adverse Possession and Dedicated Public Property in Illinois
Plaintiffs filed a Complaint, with alternative theories of adverse possession and a prescriptive easement, to quiet title to a 16-foot wide strip of land running between the parties' properties. However, the 16-foot strip of land was statutorily dedicated property...
HSB Attorneys Win at Court of Appeals
HSB Attorneys John Hein and Nathan Risch represented homeowners in a property dispute with an electric company concerning the ownership of lakefront property. After the electric company had obtained summary judgment against the homeowners at the Trial Court, the firm...
Habitability as a Defense in an Unlawful Detainer Case Discussed
Cases involving unlawful detainer typically arise when there is no lease agreement or the lease has expired but the tenant simply refuses to leave the property. In a recent case involving unlawful detainer and the defense that the property was not habitable, the...