Turney v. Chamberlain
Illinois Supreme Court
This case was originally commenced in Morgan Circuit Court, but was removed to Scott County by change of venue. It was tried at October term, 1853, before Woodson, Judge..
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by Turney against Chamberlain, on the 20th of February, 1852, to recover the possession of lot one hundred and sixty, in the town of Jacksonville.
It was admitted on the trial, that Thomas Arnett was the patentee” of the half-quarter section, of which the lot in dispute formed a part; and that the defendant was-in the possession of the lot when the suit was commenced. The plaintiff read in evidence a quitclaim deed of the half-quarter section from Arnett to McConnell, dated the 21st of March, 1835, and recorded the same day; also a quitclaim deed of the…
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