Miller v. Shaw

Mr. Chief Justice

Scott delivered the opinion of the Court:

The original petition in this case was filed by Louis A. Doolittle, since deceased, in the circuit court of Cook county, under the act of 1872, commonly known as the “Burnt Becords act, ” and was to confirm in him the title to lots described in the petition. To his petition, which was filed on the 1st day of June, 1874, a number of persons claiming to be the owners of the property, or at least claiming an interest in it, were made parties. Some of these defendants answered, and filed cross-petitions, in which they ask to have the title…