Orthwein v. Davis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Forcible detainer. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit in forcible detainer brought to the last'April term of the St. Clair Circuit Court, by appellants, to recover from appellee the possession of lot 472 block 40 in Brooklyn, Illinois. There was a trial by jury, a verdict of not guilty and a judgment against appellants for costs.
Some nine years prior to the commencement of this suit, as it appeared from the evidence, the lot in question was claimed by C. F. Orthwein, and at that time John Evans was acting as his agent. About the same time Andrew Seits went into actual…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Brown v. KellerIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
- Carter v. MarshallIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Thompson v. SornbergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Cairo & St. Louis Railroad v. Wiggins Ferry Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1876
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- Personal Home Mortgage Co. v. SeegrinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1934