Hardin v. Gouveneur
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, by Seth W. Hardin, originally against Peter Rickey, the tenant in possession, for the recovery of the south-east quarter section 19, township 33 north, range 10 east of the third principal meridian. Under leave of court the name of Samuel M. W. Gouveneur was substituted as the defendant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, by Seth W. Hardin, originally against Peter Rickey, the tenant in possession, for the recovery of the south-east quarter section 19, township 33 north, range 10 east of the third principal meridian. Under leave of court the name of Samuel M. W. Gouveneur was substituted as the defendant. A trial was had by the court without a jury, who found the defendant not guilty, and rendered judgment accordingly. The plaintiff brings the case here by appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
On the trial below, plaintiff having introduced prima facie evidence of title in himself, defendant read in evidence a deed executed by John and Walter Lockwood to himself, for the promises in controversy, dated the 22d of January, 1840, as color of title. To prove payment of taxes for seven successive years, receipts were introduced for the years 1852 to 1864, purporting -to have been paid by one Frederick Phillipsie. And in order to prove that appellee paid the taxes, a letter was read in evidence from Phillipsie to Parks, received by the latter in 1859. In the letter, Phillipsie says the…
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