Sawyer v. Cox
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Jesse S. Cox against Harriet Sawyer, to recover the northwest quarter of section 6, township 12 north, range 8 east of the third principal meridian, in Coles county. Trial was had by the court, resulting in judgment in favor of Cox for. 20 acres off the south side of the tract.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Jesse S. Cox against Harriet Sawyer, to recover the northwest quarter of section 6, township 12 north, range 8 east of the third principal meridian, in Coles county. Trial was had by the court, resulting in judgment in favor of Cox for. 20 acres off the south side of the tract. The tract in dispute was comprised in the grant made by the act of Congress September 25, 1850, to the State of Illinois, in aid of the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an action of ejectment, brought by appellee, in the circuit court of Coles county, against appellant, to recover a tract of land. The declaration contains three counts: the first claims the full quarter section, being the northwest quarter of section 6, township 12 north, range 8 east of the third principal meridian; the second, a strip described by metes and bounds on the same quarter; and the third, a strip twenty rods in width on the south side of the quarter.
The case was tried by the court by consent, without a jury, when the court found for the plaintiff below on the third…
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