Johnson v. Watson

This was ejectment, in the Kendall circuit court, brought by Hannah E. Watson, plaintiff, and against John Johnson, defendant. The summons was served August 24, 1869, and there was a trial by the court without a jury, by consent of parties, which resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff, that she was entitled to one-third of the premises described in the declaration, as her reasonable dower during her natural life as widow of William F. Lutyens. A new trial was granted the defendant under the statute, and, at the January term, 1871, the cause was again tried by the court by consent, on the…