Bryan v. City of East St. Louis

The bill in this case sets forth, that since 1871 William Bryan has been the owner in fee of lots 79 and 80, in block 36, of the platted town of Illinois City, and since that time occupied such premises as a homestead, and has had possession of such lots during all that time, except that part of lot 79 occupied by the plank road of the Collinsville Plank Boad Company, and that in the year 1879 the plank road company abandoned its road, and since then he has had both lots inclosed, and paid all taxes assessed against such property; that in March, 1881, the city of East St. Louis, by its…