Stumpf v. Osterhage
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Monroe county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Charles Osterhage, against John Stumpf. A trial was had at the September term, 1873, and a verdict returned for the defendant. A new trial was granted, and the cause again tried at the March term, 1874, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff, and a new trial granted.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Monroe county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Charles Osterhage, against John Stumpf. A trial was had at the September term, 1873, and a verdict returned for the defendant. A new trial was granted, and the cause again tried at the March term, 1874, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff, and a new trial granted. At the September term, 1875, a trial was had, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, and a new trial granted. At the September term, 1876, another trial was had, resulting in a verdict for the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Soholfibld
This is ejectment for a certain tract of land, part of a larger tract, described as claim No. 572, survey No. 410, in Monroe county. Both parties concede that the claim belonged to Leonard Harness in his lifetime, and that upon his death it descended to his three daughters, — Kate, Sally and Mary. There is proof tending to show that in 1810 they made between themselves a parol partition of the claim, whereby they allotted and set apart the northern part to Kate, the middle part to Sally, and the southern part to Mary, and that each took actual and immediate possession of the part so allotted…
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