Smith v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. The facts appear in the opinion of the Court. The tax deed offered in evidence was upon sale in 1859.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an action of ejectment, brought by appellees, in the Madison circuit court, against appellant, to recover three eighty-acre tracts of land, situated in that county ; the declaration was in the' usual form, and to it was filed the plea of not guilty; a trial was had at the May term, 1870, and re-suited in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiffs ; a new trial was granted under the statute. At the May term, 1871, a trial was had by the court without a jury, by consent of the parties, with a like result; and defendant appeals to this court, and asks a reversal of the judgment of…
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