Swearengen v. Gulick
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, by Gilbert Gulick and others, the heirs at law of Stephen Gulick, deceased, against David Swearengen.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, by Gilbert Gulick and others, the heirs at law of Stephen Gulick, deceased, against David Swearengen. The land in dispute had been sold by the administrator of Stephen Gulick, deceased, on December 24, 1847, under a decree of the circuit court of Champaign county, rendered at the September term thereof, 1847, for the purpose of paying the debts of the deceased. On a trial, the plaintiffs recovered judgment, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an action of ejectment, brought by appellees, in the circuit court of Champaign county, against appellant, to recover a tract of land containing eighty acres. Appellees claim to derive title as heirs and descendants of Stephen Gulick, deceased; and appellant claims to derive title from the same source, under a decree of the Champaign circuit court licensing the administrator to sell the lands of deceased for the payment of debts against the estate, and a sale and conveyance by the administrator, and mesne conveyances from him and others to appellant.
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