Seely v. Wells
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op error to the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Anthony S. Seely and Hiram Parr, against Samuel Wells, to obtain possession of a certain' tract of land in Greene county.
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Writ op error to the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Anthony S. Seely and Hiram Parr, against Samuel Wells, to obtain possession of a certain' tract of land in Greene county. It is stipulated that on the trial the plaintiffs, to sustain their case, produced a certificate of entry of the tract of land in controversy, made by one John W. Davis, on the sixth of March, 1867, and signed by William F. Elkin, Register of the Land Office at Springfield, State of Illinois, the hand writing of whom was proven by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
The question submitted by stipulation of the parties in this case, must be decided in favor of the defendant in error.
The official certificate of the register of any land office of the United States, to any fact or matter on record in his office, is made evidence in any court in this State, and is made competent to prove the fact so certified. Seates’ Comp. 255.
The exemplification of the books and records of the general land office, certified under the seal of the office, is evidence in our courts, on the general principles of evidence. 1 Starkie’s Ev. 230; 1 Greenleaf’s Ev. sec. 483 and…
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