Pratt v. Pratt
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United' States for tbe Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated" in the opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
This is an action of ejectment in which plaintiff in error was plaintiff below. On the trial, he proved title in Isaac Speer in August, 1857, at.which time he recovered a judgment against-said Speer, under which the land in controversy was sold July 8, 1863, and a deed made to plaintiff, founded on that sale, Feb..24, 1865. There does-not seém to be any question but *705that this vested in the plaintiff the legal title to the land some four years before the date of 'the commencement of this action, which was the fifteenth day of May, 1869.
Defendant relied solely…
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