Lesourd v. Edwards
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. Guy R. Wirriams, Judge, presiding.. On June 17, 1907, Russell LeSourd, the appellant, filed his bill in the circuit court of Mason county against William C. Edwards, Richard- L.' England- and others to quiet the title to the north-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section 17, in township 22, north, range 3, west of the* third principal meridian, in that county, of which appellant alleged by his 'bill he was in…
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. Guy R. Wirriams, Judge, presiding.. On June 17, 1907, Russell LeSourd, the appellant, filed his bill in the circuit court of Mason county against William C. Edwards, Richard- L.' England- and others to quiet the title to the north-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section 17, in township 22, north, range 3, west of the* third principal meridian, in that county, of which appellant alleged by his 'bill he was in possession a'nd the owner in fee simple. England'answered the bill, denying, among other things, that appellant was the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Appellant, relying upon his tax deed as color of title, claims the fifteen acres in dispute under and by virtue of the provisions of section 8 of chapter 83, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1905, and under and by virtue of his alleged possession. It is conceded by him that if England, who asserts a legal .title, reduced the land to possession in May, 1907, and thereafter continued in possession up to the time when the appellant strung a strand of barbed wire around the land, the decree of the court below should be affirmed. Since January, 1900, the entire tract has been under water practically all…
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