Williams is right to observe that in Illinois, "the gist of" a trespass action "is an injury to possession." Lawless v. Pierce, 118 Ill.App.3d 747, 753, 74 Ill.Dec. 83, 85, 455 N.E.2d 113, 115 (1st Dist.), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1241, 104 S.Ct. 3512, 82 L.Ed.2d 821 (1983). See also Krejci v. Capriotti, 16 Ill.App.3d 245, 247, 305 N.E.2d 667, 669 (1st Dist. 1973).
13 judgment recovered, together with statutory interest, to plaintiff on September 9, 1983. Under these facts, we conclude no genuine issue of material fact exists and application of the doctrines of election of remedies and res judicata bars recovery of the additional interest sought in this case. • 2 The doctrine of election of remedies provides that the adoption of one or more coexisting remedies precludes a resort to the other remedies. ( Lawless v. Pierce (1983), 118 Ill. App.3d 747, 751, cert. denied (1984), 467 U.S. 1241, 82 L.Ed.2d 821, 104 S.Ct. 3512; Rotogravure Service, Inc. v. R.W. Borrowdale Co. (1979), 77 Ill. App.3d 518, 526.) The courts do not attempt to determine whether the separate remedies are inconsistent by nature, but whether the party should be estopped to bring the second action.