Foster v. Letz
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment brought by Abner Foster against Henry Letz, for the south-east quarter section 6, and west one-half south-west quarter section 5, township 33 north, range 15 east of the third principal meridian, the declaration also counting on the undivided half, the undivided one-fifth, the undivided four-fifths, and undivided half of undivided half of the undivided…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment brought by Abner Foster against Henry Letz, for the south-east quarter section 6, and west one-half south-west quarter section 5, township 33 north, range 15 east of the third principal meridian, the declaration also counting on the undivided half, the undivided one-fifth, the undivided four-fifths, and undivided half of undivided half of the undivided four-fifths of the same tracts. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and a trial was had by the court, resulting in a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was ejectment, in the Will circuit court, by Abner Foster, plaintiff, and against Henry Letz, defendant, to recover possession of certain lands described in the declaration. The parties went to trial on the general issue pleaded, a jury being waived, and there was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for two acres of the premises, being part and parcel of one of the tracts of land described in the declaration, and apportioned the costs, adjudging against the plaintiff nine-tenths thereof. To reverse this judgment the plaintiff appeals.
The plaintiff deraigned his title to the lands in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Winkler v. MeisterIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
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