Woods v. Soucy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. B. R Burroughs, Judge, presiding. This is an action of ejectment, brought December 30, 1890, by the appellee, Mary Soucy, against the appellant, Sarah Woods, and her husband, Lewis Woods, for the recovery of lots 1 and 2 of a subdivision of lot 3 of the Cahokia commons in St. Clair county. Lewis Woods pleaded disclaiming possession, and the suit was dismissed as to him.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. B. R Burroughs, Judge, presiding. This is an action of ejectment, brought December 30, 1890, by the appellee, Mary Soucy, against the appellant, Sarah Woods, and her husband, Lewis Woods, for the recovery of lots 1 and 2 of a subdivision of lot 3 of the Cahokia commons in St. Clair county. Lewis Woods pleaded disclaiming possession, and the suit was dismissed as to him. The appellant, Sarah Woods, pleaded the general issue. The case has been before this court before, and is reported as Woods v. Soucy, 166 Ill. 407, where the chief…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
When this case was before us at a former term, appellee introduced the same chain of evidence, which is set forth in the statement preceding this opinion; and we there held,o that she was entitled to recover upon the same against the appellant; it being also held that the lease then and now relied upon by the appellant had been properly forfeited. (Woods v. Soucy, 166 Ill. 407).
In her original brief filed herein, appellant urges two points only against the right of appellee to recover in this case. The first point is, that the appellee did not make out a prima facie case. This contention is…
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