Welch v. Louis
Illinois Supreme Court
Wrax OB' Error to the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. James Harriott, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit instituted in the court below by Thomas Welch against John Louis, Margaretta Louis and Mary L. Hammond. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and liberum tenementum. The principal facts in the case will be found in the opinion of the court.
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Wrax OB' Error to the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. James Harriott, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit instituted in the court below by Thomas Welch against John Louis, Margaretta Louis and Mary L. Hammond. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and liberum tenementum. The principal facts in the case will be found in the opinion of the court. But a question arises as to the validity of certain proceedings in a suit in chancery, under which defendants claimed title to the locus■ in quo, which were had after the cause had been stricken from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bkeese
This was an action of trespass to land, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, in the Tazewell Circuit Court. To the action the defendants pleaded not guilty and a special plea, that the close, etc., was their soil and freehold. The jury found the issues for the defendants, and a judgment was rendered against the plaintiff for the costs. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled, a bill of exceptions signed, and the case brought here by a writ of error, and various errors assigned, which will be disposed of as we proceed.
The facts of the case appear to be substantially these.…
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