Legal Opinion

Hall v. Irwin

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1845PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Ejectment in the Sangamon Circuit Court, brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error, and heard before the Hon. Samuel H. Treat and a jury at the July term 1844. The suit was commenced in the Cass Circuit Court, and brought by change of venue into the former Court. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs below, and a judgment thereon for a recovery of the premises, and a writ of possession ordered,

1Opinion of the Court

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Koerner, J.*

This was an action of ejectment, originally commenced in the Circuit Court of Cass county, by defendants in error against plaintiff in error, for the recovery of a quarter section of land in Cass county. By change of venue the cause was removed to Sangamon county, where a trial was had at the July term 1844, of the Sangamon Circuit Court, and a verdict was found in favor of defendants in error.

By agreement of parties, but one point is presented for the decision of this Court, involving the question, whether one Benjamin H. Gatton,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Farwell v. JacobsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
  2. People v. StearnsNew York Supreme Court · 1839
  3. Judson v. GibbonsNew York Supreme Court · 1830

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bailey v. BurgesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1873
  2. Bane v. BaneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1927
  3. Penn v. FoglerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
  4. Stoughton v. LiscombSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1916

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