Augustus v. Lydig

This action in the superior court of Cook county was ejectment brought by Louise M. Augustus to recover the possession of lot 3 in block 8 in L. A. Ostrom’s re-subdivision, in section 36, township 38 north, range 14 east of the third principal meridian. The defense was the twenty-year Statute of Limitations. The court directed the jury to find the defendant not guilty, and upon the verdict a judgment was entered, from which the plaintiff has appealed.

The defendant, Gustaf E. Lydig, was a tenant of John K. Thompson and had no interest in the premises except as such tenant. On the trial the…