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J.C. PENNEY CO. v. ANDREWS

No. 78-225.

68 Ill. App.3d 901 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 923

J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLAYTON ANDREWS, Defendant-Appellant. — (ARNOLD LUNDGREN & ASSOCIATES, LTD., Defendant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed February 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raphael E. Yalden. II, of Downey, Yalden, Shriver & Yalden, of Rockford, for appellant.

Robert J. Oliver, of Connolly, Oliver, Goddard, Coplan & Close, of Rockford, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

J.C. Penney Company, Inc., plaintiff, sought a declaratory judgment to determine its right of free access to a public street across a two-foot-wide strip located on the property of the defendant Clayton Andrews. Characterizing the reserve strip as a "spite strip" the trial judge found it against public policy and granted plaintiff...

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