Hardisty v. Glenn
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. Charles B. Lawrence, Judge, presiding. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer, commenced by John Glenn, the appellee, against Jerome Hardisty, the appellant, on the 15th day of December, 1862, by filing his complaint before a justice of the peace of Warren county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. Charles B. Lawrence, Judge, presiding. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer, commenced by John Glenn, the appellee, against Jerome Hardisty, the appellant, on the 15th day of December, 1862, by filing his complaint before a justice of the peace of Warren county. It was set forth in the complaint, that on or about the 1st of March, 1859, the said John Glenn was in the peaceable and lawful possession of the S. of Section 5, T. 11, R. R. 1 W. in Warren county, claiming the whole of said premises by virtue of a lease from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears from the evidence that in the spring of 1858, appellee moved into the house near the line dividing the two quarters comprising the south half of section five, township 11, north range one, east. He at the time broke and fenced about five acres, a portion being on each quarter section. He afterwards broke more, but it does not appear that any part of it was on the land in controversy, but in 1860, he broke about fifteen acres, a portion of which, if not all, was on the land in dispute.
Appellant, in the spring of 1859, moved on the one hundred and six acres- in dispute. He then broke…
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