Houck v. Yates

This is an appeal from a decision of the circuit court rendered upon the following agreed statements of facts:

“ Whereas, the above plaintiff has instituted a suit in ejectment against the said Louis Houck, for an undivided half of 300 acres of an island, called and known as Dickey’s island, lying in the Mississippi river, on the Illinois side,-and south of the west fractional half of the north-east quarter, and the north-west fractional quarter of section 5, township 17 south, range 1 west of the third principal meridian,-in Alexander county, State of Illinois, which suit is now pending and…