A platted and statutorily dedicated alley is a public use. What tricks are in your arsenal to protect your buyer-client? Originally presented as part of Residential Real Estate: Tricks & Traps, available in its entirety as P1903-20U.
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Mazal v. Arias, 2019 IL App (1st) 190660 (December 16, 2019)
A platted and statutorily dedicated alley is a public use. The statutory period of limitations will not run against the municipality for adverse possession or a prescriptive easement unless and until the alley is officially abandoned by the municipality. How did this owner get trapped? What tricks are in your arsenal to protect your buyer-client?
Michael J. Rooney, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Springfield
