Morrissey v. Stephenson

This was a suit of forcible entry and detainer by John W. Stephenson against Ann Morrissey, wherein there were a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff and appeal taken by the defendant.

The evidence shows that in August, 1873, on one Saturday, the deputy sheriff of LaSalle county, having in his hands a writ of possession issued from the circuit court of said county upon a judgment in an ejectment suit in favor of Hough and Hitt, plaintiffs, against William Morrissey alone, defendant, under and by virtue of the writ ejected appellant, Ann Morrissey, from the house on the premises, situate in…