Brunton v. Habel

Mr. Presiding Justice Niemeyer

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, in a forcible detainer action instituted before a justice of the peace, appeals from an adverse judgment entered in the circuit court on appeal by defendant.

Plaintiff claims title to the premises in question under a quitclaim deed dated August 11, 1944, from grantors basing their title, through mesne conveyances, on a tax deed issued July 12, 1934. There is no evidence that plaintiff, or any of the persons through whom he claims title, was ever in actual possession of the premises. When or how defendant acquired…