McConnel v. Street
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard by Woodson, Judge, by consent, without the intervention of a jury, who decided that Street and the others had, and that McConnel had not, a good title to the lot of land in question, and rendered judgment accordingly. The opinion of the court sets out the facts in the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
Street, Harlin and Street, in 1858, brought ejectment against McConnel to recover fractional lot six in Jacksonville.
Plea, not guilty; trial by the court, and judgment for plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs proved that the land, upon which the lot was laid out, was patented to one Arnétt; a deed for the lot from Arnétt to the county of Morgan, executed in 1825, and duly acknowledged and recorded on the day of its date; and the plaintiffs proved title in them, derived from the county of Morgan, by several mesne conveyances, and that McConnel was in possession at the time of the commencement of the suit.
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