Scott v. Bassett

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of appellees, against appellant, in an action in ejectment. The case was before us at a former term, (Scott v. Bassett, 174 Ill. 390,) and we then reversed the judgment, in favor of these appellees, there appealed from, for the reason the appellees had been permitted to introduce certified copies of the records of certain deeds without having first accounted for the absence of the original deeds, as required by the statute providing for the introduction of such certified copies. It is urged,—and, as we think, correctly,—the record in the…