Mitchell v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. R. W. Olmsted, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Cartwright
delivered the opinion of the court:
This suit in ejectment was begun in the circuit court of Rock Island county by Phil Mitchell, William C. Wads-worth and Mary H. Wadsworth, executors of the will of Philemon L. Mitchell, deceased, against the appellant, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company. The declaration alleged possession of lots 3 and 4 in block 1 in old (or original) town of Stephenson, now the city of Rock Island, and title in fee, and that the defendant entered into possession and unlawfully withheld the possession thereof. The plea was not…
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