rightful claim in Illinois

1991A historical perspective on the doctrine of adverse possession reveals that as long ago as 1853 the Illinois Supreme Court in Turney v. Chamberlain, (1853), 15 Ill. 271, 273 , noted that “[t]he law on this subject is well settled.” The court named the five elements of the test for adverse possession as enunciated later in Joiner and concluded that such possession “need not, however, be under a rightful claim; nor even under a muniment of title.

1991It is enough that a party takes possession of premises claiming them to be his own ***.” Turney, 15 Ill. at 273 .

1990“Privacy, in my view, is the rightful claim of the individual to determine the extent to which he wishes to share of himself with others. *** It is also the individual’s right to control dissemination of information about himself.” 489 U.S. at 764 n.16, 103 L.

1990“Privacy, in my view, is the rightful claim of the individual to determine the extent to which he wishes to share of himself with others. *** It is also the individual’s right to control dissemination of information about himself.” 489 U.S. at 764 n.16, 103 L.

1948It is enough that a party takes possession of premises, claiming them as his own, and that he holds possession for the requisite length of time, with the continual assertion of ownership. [Citation] It is not essential, however, that there should be proof that the party in possession made oral declarations of claim of title, but it is sufficient if the proof shows that he has so acted as to clearly indicate that he did claim title.” Similar language is found in the case of Lang v. Dupuis, 382 Ill. 101 , cited by the plaintiffs in their brief, and is applicable here.

1948In Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Houghton, 126 Ill. 233 , which was an action in ejectment to recover two strips of land, we said, “It need not, however, be under a rightful claim, nor even under a muniment of title.