Sholl v. German Coal Co.

This was an action of ejectment, brought by Adam Sholl, against the German Coal Company, to recover a strip of land fifty feet wide and two or three hundred feet long, situated partly in the north-east quarter of section 11 and partly in the north-west quarter of section 12, township 7, north, range 7, east, in Peoria county. A trial was had before the court, by agreement, without a jury, and the court rendered judgment for plaintiff for the land lying in section 11, and judgment for the defendant for the land in section 12. Both parties were dissatisfied with the judgment, and appealed.

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