Jackson v. Spink
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county ; the Hon. John G. Rogeks, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Thomas A. Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Oliver Jackson and Mary Jackson Griener, in the circuit court of Cook county, against George P. Spink, for the recovery of a tract of land in Cook county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county ; the Hon. John G. Rogeks, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Thomas A. Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Oliver Jackson and Mary Jackson Griener, in the circuit court of Cook county, against George P. Spink, for the recovery of a tract of land in Cook county. The cause was tried by the court without a jury, by consent. » Plaintiffs read in evidence, register’s certificate of the entry of the land in controversy, by Henry S. Handy; the proceedings in an attachment suit, by Henry Green against Handy, in the circuit court of Cook…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
Appellants brought their action of ejectment in the court below, and failed in the suit.
We shall not consider the right to recover under the eighth section of the conveyance act, by proof of color of title made in good faith, payment of taxes and possession.
The chief quéstion is, the goodness of the paper title of the plaintiffs.
Two objections are taken to the sheriffs deed. It is urged that it is void:
First. Because of the adjournment of the sale, by the sheriff, for ¿ne day, at the request of the attorney of the plaintiff in the execution.
Second. Because, at the time the writ of attachment…
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