DeLand v. Dixon Power & Lighting Co.

This was ejectment brought by appellant, claiming to be the owner in fee of a strip of ground extending from the center of Rock river to Water street, in the city of Dixon, being the site of a dam on the north shore, and to the center of Rock river. A jury was waived and the cause submitted to the court for trial. The finding and judgment was for the defendants, and the plaintiff has prosecuted this appeal.

Appellant sought to deraign title from four different sources. Two of them rested on title asserted to have been acquired by the Rock River Hydraulic Company by virtue of a writ of ad quod…