Opinion ID: 2103782
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Zografos' Easement

Text: The trial court ordered Zografos to convey to Daniels not only the Contiguous Parcel, but also the easement in favor of the Contiguous Parcel that Zografos received from the Jaculas, covering all of the Second Parcel's strip. Zografos contends that Daniels' rights acquired under the 1977 contract's right of first refusal do not include Zografos' easement over the Second Parcel's strip. The appellate court upheld the order. 252 Ill.App.3d at 305, 191 Ill.Dec. 773, 624 N.E.2d 1151. We agree with the appellate court. Courts of equity possess broad, inherent and discretionary powers in the manner of granting relief. ( Quitman v. Dowd (1939), 301 Ill.App. 403, 407, 23 N.E.2d 207.) In the present case, the trial court simply enforced the right of first refusal in Daniels' 1977 contract. The court ordered Zografos to convey to Daniels those rights that Zografos received from Jacula in August 1986. Those rights included not only the Contiguous Parcel itself, but also ingress to and egress from the Contiguous Parcel by way of the easement over the Second Parcel's strip. We cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion.