Voris v. Thomas
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment commenced by Voris and another, in the Peoria Circuit Court, to recover possession .of lot seven, in block twenty-eight, in the city of Peoria. The pleadings are in the usual form. At March term, 1850, Kellogg, Judge, presiding, the cause was tried by a jury, which found the defendant, Thomas, not guilty of the trespass or ejectment laid to his charge.
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This was an action of ejectment commenced by Voris and another, in the Peoria Circuit Court, to recover possession .of lot seven, in block twenty-eight, in the city of Peoria. The pleadings are in the usual form. At March term, 1850, Kellogg, Judge, presiding, the cause was tried by a jury, which found the defendant, Thomas, not guilty of the trespass or ejectment laid to his charge. The proof set out in the bill of exceptions, shows, that Thomas left Peoria in 1839, and was absent two years; that after his return, he went into possession of the lot in question, and. has resided thereon ever…
1Opinion of the CourtTrumbull, J.
Ejectment for a lot of ground in the city of Peoria. The plaintiff1 gave in evidence a connected title to the premises in question from the government to himself, and the defendant admitted that he was in possession at the commencement of the suit.
The defendant set up an outstanding tax title in one George G. Bestor, which defeated a recovery by the plaintiff 'in the Court below. Numerous exceptions were taken to the tax title on the argument, nope of which, it is necessary to notice in the view we take of the case, as, be the tax title ever so good, the defendant was not in a position to set…
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