Legal Opinion

Watson v. Saxer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1882PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike county; the Hon. S. P. Shops, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig

This was an action of ejectment, brought by John Saxer, in the circuit court of Pike county, against appellants, to recover the possession of two certain lots in Griggsville. On a trial of the cause in the circuit court plaintiff obtained a judgment for the possession of the property, and defendants appealed.

Both parties claim title to the premises through Daniel B. Reynolds, who purchased of one Greene, on the 18th day of April, 1873. The plaintiff claimed under a judgment rendered against Reynolds in the circuit court of Pike county, on the 7th day of April, 1873, upon which the property…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Deere v. ChapmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1861

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cochran v. CutlerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  2. Birdwell v. BurlesonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1902
  3. Stafford v. WoodsIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Stombaugh v. MoreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  5. Turner v. BrowningsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908

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