Hanson v. Armstrong
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a declaration in ejectment, in the usual form, by defendant in error, against plaintiffs in error, filed in the Lee county Circuit Court, as of the June term, A. D. 1858, for premises therein particularly described, together with notice of rule to plead, affidavit of service, etc. Plea not guilty, etc., by plaintiffs in error, to which defendant in error added a similiter.
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This was a declaration in ejectment, in the usual form, by defendant in error, against plaintiffs in error, filed in the Lee county Circuit Court, as of the June term, A. D. 1858, for premises therein particularly described, together with notice of rule to plead, affidavit of service, etc. Plea not guilty, etc., by plaintiffs in error, to which defendant in error added a similiter. Trial by jury at November term, 1858, of Lee Circuit Court, and verdict for defendant in error. Motion for a new trial by plaintiffs in error, which was overruled by the court, and judgment thereupon for defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The evidence in this case shows that Gilbraith ■ivas first in possession of the premises in controversy. Also ¡that Manchan succeeded him in its possession, and that he con-veyed it to Herrick, who succeeded Manchan, and was in pos- • session of a portion, at the time of the trial. That Hanson acquired the possession of another portion under Herrick, and that Grayam succeeded Hanson in the occupancy of that portion, and had so continued, till the time of the trial below. The plaintiffs below also read in evidence, a deed from Herrick to himself, and produced the book of record of deeds, from…
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