Williams v. Brunton
Illinois Supreme Court
Ejectment, in the Adams Circuit Court, originally brought by the appellant against the appellee, Brunton. Subsequently the other appellee, John P. King, was let in to defend the suit, and pleaded for himself and Brunton.
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Ejectment, in the Adams Circuit Court, originally brought by the appellant against the appellee, Brunton. Subsequently the other appellee, John P. King, was let in to defend the suit, and pleaded for himself and Brunton. At the September term 1846, the Hon. Norman H. Purple presiding, on motion of the attorneys of King and Brunton, the plaintiff below was ruled to join issue, which he declined doing, whereupon a jury was impaneled and sworn, and a verdict rendered of “not guilty,” on which there was judgment. The plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Koerner, J.
This was an action of ejectment, originally brought in the Adams Circuit Court, by the plaintiff against the defendant, Brunton. The declaration was served and filed on May 7th, 1845. The usual rule to plead was entered upon filing the declaration. Afterwards, on the 19th day of September, 1845,- a judgment was entered against the defendant, Brunton, by default, and a writ of possession was awarded. Afterwards, on the 25th day of April, 1846, O. H. Browning, as the attorney of the defendant, John P. King, filed his (said Browning’s)…
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