Pittman v. Gaty
Illinois Supreme Court
Ejectment, in the St. Clair Circuit Court, brought by the appellees against the appellant, and heard before the Hon. Gustavus P. ICoerner and a jury, at the April term, 1848, when a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiffs below. The facts so far as they are material to the determination of the case, are adverted to by the Court in the Opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion "of the Court was delivered by
Treat, C. J.
This was an action of ejectment commenced by Gaty and others against Pittman. The plaintiffs claimed title to the premises by virtue of a plaintiff’s deed founded on a judgment in attachment against Meacham. The writ of attachment was levied on the 31st of December, 1841. The defendant claimed title by virtue of an unrecorded deed from Meacham, executed on the 22d of December, 1841. At the time of the levy of the attachment, one Mallows was in possession of the premises. The principal question on the trial was whether Mallows was the…
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