Orthwein v. Thomas
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George W. Wall, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shops
This was a proceeding in equity to establish title, and for the partition of all that part of United States survey No. 764, in St. Clair county, lying between Water street, in the village of Brooklyn, and the Mississippi river, being 1995 feet long north and south, and about 2000 feet wide, and which has been formed by accretion since 1837, when the village was platted. The complainants in the original bill claim to be the owners of the premises in question in fee, as tenants in common, under mesne conveyances from Thomas Osborn. The village of Brooklyn, one of the defendants, claims the…
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