Coleman v. Doe
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried in the Court below at the November term, 1839, before the Hon. Peter Lott and a jury. A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, upon which the Court rendered judgment, “ that the plaintiff recover from the defendant his said term, in the said declaration mentioned, unexpired and to come, &c., and that a writ of habere facias possessionem be awarded him,” &c. The defendant appealed to this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtLockwood, Justice
This was an action of ejectment commenced by the plaintiff, on demises from William Henderson and several others, against Coleman for the recovery of the northwest quarter of section 26, in T. 7 N., of R. 4 E. of the fourth principal meridian, containing one hundred and sixty acres of land. The defendant pleaded not guilty. On the trial of the cause, the lessors of the plaintiff read in evidence, to the jury, a patent from the United States to William Henderson, for the lot in question, and proved that Coleman, at the time of the commencement of the suit, was in possession of seventy-three…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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