Horn v. Metzger
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding. The plaintiffs in error, Theodore Horn and Ernst Horn, brought ejectment against Edward Metzger and others to recover possession of lot 8, block 175, of the platted town (now city) of East St. Louis. The common source of title was Emanuel Trotier, the owner of the fee, who conveyed the premises to Gustav Horn and Henry Jackeisch.
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Writ or Error to the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding. The plaintiffs in error, Theodore Horn and Ernst Horn, brought ejectment against Edward Metzger and others to recover possession of lot 8, block 175, of the platted town (now city) of East St. Louis. The common source of title was Emanuel Trotier, the owner of the fee, who conveyed the premises to Gustav Horn and Henry Jackeisch. On March 2, 1877, Gustav Horn conveyed his undivided one-half interest to John Polish, who conveyed the same on May 10, 1879, t° Emilie Horn, "wife of Gustav Horn. On…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The bill of Gustav Horn , against his children was filed during the January term of the city court of East St. Louis, which began on January 2. It was not entitled of any term. The bill is mutilated and a part of the prayer for process has been destroyed. No summons appears in tire record and no other paper in the case except the original draft of the decree. It appears that a part of the building in which the records of the court were kept was destroyed in 1896 by a cyclone, in which many of the books and papers of the court were lost. The decree is of record in the chancery record of the…
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