Hammond v. Doty
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Carroll county; the Hon. James Shaw, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Carroll county; the Hon. James Shaw, Judge, presiding. This is an action of forcible entry and detainer, brought by the appellee against the appellants, before a justice of the peace, complaining that appellants unlawfully withheld possession of a certain piece of land, described in the complaint as a part of section 30, township 24 north, range 4, east of the fourth principal meridian. Judgment was obtained against appellants before a justice of the peace, from which they took an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Appellants complain, that certain proof offered by them was rejected upon the trial of the case. The object of the proof so offered was to show, that the lands in controversy were located within the meander lines of what is designated as Dyson’s Lake in sections 30 and 31 in said township. Appellants claim, that the lands in question, being within the meandered lines of said lake, did not belong to the appellee, but that the title thereto was held by the State in trust for the people. (Trustees of Schools v. Schroll, 120 Ill. 509; Fuller v. Shedd, 161 id. 462).
We are of the opinion, that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fitzgerald v. QuinnIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Trustees of Schools v. SchrollIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Doty v. BurdickIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Phelps v. RandolphIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
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