McConnel v. Konepel
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. D. M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought in the Scott County Circuit Court, by appellant, at the March term, 1866, against the appellee, to recover eighty acres of land, situated in that county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. D. M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, brought in the Scott County Circuit Court, by appellant, at the March term, 1866, against the appellee, to recover eighty acres of land, situated in that county. At the same term the defendant pleaded, and by consent, the venue was changed to the Circuit Court of Morgan county, where a trial was had before the court, a jury having been waived, and judgment rendered for defendant, to reverse which, an appeal • was taken by the plaintiff to this court. The further facts in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The counsel in this case have misconceived the meaning of the court in the opinions delivered in Stearns v. Gittings, 23 Ill., 387, and Dickinson v. Breeden, 30 ib., 279. The settled construction of the limitation law of 1839 is. not that seven years must elapse between the date of the first payment of taxes and the date of the last payment, but that all the taxes must be paid for seven successive years, and that seven years must elapse from the date of the first payment, when the statute begins to run, before the commencement of the suit, or possession taken of the land, where the bar is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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