Thomas v. Bowman

This was an action of ejectment brought in the Lawrence Circuit Court, by Bowman and Harrow, against Wise, for the recovery of lot twenty-one, in the town of Lawrenceville. At the April term, 1861, of the Circuit Court of that county, William Thomas, claiming to be the owner of the lot, was admitted defendant in place of Wise, and filed his plea not guilty. A trial was had by consent, by the court, without the intervention of a jury, and a verdict found for the plaintiffs.

The facts, as they appear from the bill of exceptions, are these: Thomas, as trustee of the Bank of Illinois, claiming an…