Cook v. Norton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Chief Justice, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought, in the court below, by the appellant, Isaac Cook, against the appellees, Jehiel F. Horton, and Emily M. Horton, his wife, Grace Josephine Clark, Julius Wilkie and others, to recover an undivided twotliirds of lot 8, block 23, in the original town of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Chief Justice, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought, in the court below, by the appellant, Isaac Cook, against the appellees, Jehiel F. Horton, and Emily M. Horton, his wife, Grace Josephine Clark, Julius Wilkie and others, to recover an undivided twotliirds of lot 8, block 23, in the original town of Chicago. Originally, nine different suits were commenced, but subsequently were consolidated into one, and, at the June Term, 1866, a trial was had before the court, a jury having been waived, and judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This case was before this' court at its April term, 1867, and the judgment which had been rendered for the defendant was then reversed, because the proof of payment of taxes was deemed insufficient. The case has been again tried in the Superior Court, with a like result, and the plaintiff again brings up the record.
We are of opinion that the former deficiency in the proof of payment of taxes has been supplied, and the evidence fairly sustains the finding of the court on that point. Indeed, the only position upon which counsel seem to rely is, that the possession of the defendants was not…
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