Morrill v. Cone
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court-of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. It was an ejectment brought by Morrill, a citizen of New Hampshire, to recover from John Cone and Carlos J. Cone the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, township eleven north, range one west, in the county of Warren, and State of Illinois.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court-of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. It was an ejectment brought by Morrill, a citizen of New Hampshire, to recover from John Cone and Carlos J. Cone the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, township eleven north, range one west, in the county of Warren, and State of Illinois. Upon the trial, the plaintiff exhibited his title as follows, viz: ' 1. A patent for the land in question from the United States to Benjamin Abbott, dated April 9th, 1818. 2. A deed for said land from said Abbott to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This suit was brought for the recovery of a parcel of land -ly ing in the tract appropriated for military bounties in Illinois, and granted by the United States in 1818 to Benjamin Abbott, a private in their army in the war of 1812, as bouhty. The title of the plaintiff consisted of a certified copy of the patent to Abbott, and a quit-claim deed of Abbott to him, dated in 1855. He also produced a deed from Nathaniel Abbott to him, dated in 1838. The defendants exhibited the original'patent to Abbott; his deed to Nathaniel Abbott, dated in 1818, for the same ’and; a deed from Nathaniel Abbott,…
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