Whitford v. Drexel

This was an action of ejectment, brought by Charlotte A. "Whitford, in the circuit court of Rock Island county, against Johanna and Frank Drexel, to recover possession of lots 3 and 8, block 2, in the town of Cordova. The two lots described in plaintiff’s declaration, join lots 4 and 7 on the west, as appears from the following plat, put in evidence on the trial:

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In the declaration the plaintiff claimed to recover all of lots 3 and 8, but the proof showed that she was in the possession of the whole of said lots, except a strip of land three or four feet wide, on the east side,…