Kenney v. Greer
Illinois Supreme Court
Thís was an action of ejectment by appellants against appellee, at March term, 1851, of Pike County Court. Declaration and notice served 29th of March, 1851, for the following premises, in Pike county, Illinois : “A piece or parcel of land, in the town of Greggsville, commencing at a stone 11 chains 75 links south, 89| east, from comer of sections 14,15, 22, 23, and running south 89§ east, 8.50 chains to a stone, thence south 6.75 chains to a stone, thence north 89?,- west,…
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Thís was an action of ejectment by appellants against appellee, at March term, 1851, of Pike County Court. Declaration and notice served 29th of March, 1851, for the following premises, in Pike county, Illinois : “A piece or parcel of land, in the town of Greggsville, commencing at a stone 11 chains 75 links south, 89| east, from comer of sections 14,15, 22, 23, and running south 89§ east, 8.50 chains to a stone, thence south 6.75 chains to a stone, thence north 89?,- west, 8.50 chains to a stone, thence north 6.75 chains to the place of. beginning, containing 5®-, more or less, in town 4…
1Opinion of the CourtTrumbull, J.
The chief difficulty in this case arises from decisions of this court heretofore made, respecting the jurisdiction territorially of the Circuit Court. Were the question now for the first time presented, it could scarcely admit of doubt, that the proper decision would be to hold that the Circuit Courts of this State were courts of general, superior jurisdiction, and that every case should be presumed to be within their jurisdiction, unless the contrary affirmatively appeared.
The only objection to the record offered in evidence was, that it did not appear upon the face of the proceedings, that…
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