Littlejohn v. Barnes

Citations

• 138 Ill. 478
• 28 N.E. 980

Syllabus

<p>1. Statute oe Limitations — adverse possession for twenty years. Adverse possession of land for the period of twenty years, even without any deed or other muniment of title, will bar an action by the owner for its recovery.</p> <p>2. Same—bar to bill for partition by tenant in common. The open, visible and adverse possession of land by one tenant in common, under claim of ownership, for over twenty years, is a bar to a bill by another tenant in common for partition, when such possession was so hostile in its character as to put the Statute of Limitations in motion against the complainant.</p>