Ballance v. Forsyth
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit. Court of the United States for the District of Illinois. It was an ejectment brought by Forsyth, Dumain, and Bovis, to recover two lots of ground, viz.,. Nos. 47 and 65, in che town of Peoria. .The bills of exceptions extended over thirty-sevenpageá of the printed record, and included deeds and depositions and proceedings under a tax sale, &c. See. It is, therefore, impossible to insert them.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit. Court of the United States for the District of Illinois. It was an ejectment brought by Forsyth, Dumain, and Bovis, to recover two lots of ground, viz.,. Nos. 47 and 65, in che town of Peoria. .The bills of exceptions extended over thirty-sevenpageá of the printed record, and included deeds and depositions and proceedings under a tax sale, &c. See. It is, therefore, impossible to insert them. The following is a. summary notice of the evidence .offered oh the trial by plaintiffs and defendant. Plaintiff's Evidence. -1. The act' of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This cause is brought before us, from the District of Illinois, by a writ of error.
It is an action of ejectment to recover the possession of three lots, numbered 47, 65, and 68, in the town of Peoria, under the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1823?,entitled “An act to confirm certain claims to lots in the village of Peoria.” The claim 47 contains twenty-seven thousand four hundred and fórty-ñine square feet and seven hundreths; surveyed and designated as covered by claim 47, in the south-east fractional quarter of fractional section nine, in township 8, north of range eight, and east of…
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