Hoffman v. Harrington

Campbell, J:

Hoffman brought ejectment to recover certain lands in St. Clair county, the title to which purported to be derived *393under a mortgage foreclosure. The land was patented by the United States in 1835 to one Lucius Beach, who, in 1834, granted it by warranty deed to Jeremiah Harrington, and he in the same year (1834) conveyed it with, warranty to John Kennelly. January 13, 1836, Kennelly mortgaged it to Charles Peltier for one hundred and thirty-eight dollars. November 15, 1839, Peltier began a foreclosure by advertisement, and on March 30, 1840, the land was struck off by Harmon…