Selby v. Smith

Erom a judgment in an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Sangamon county in favor of the plaintiff for the possession of the premises in controversy, Georgia Little Smith, one of the defendants, has appealed.

It was stipulated that the parties both claimed through Gershom J. Little, who acquired title on November 3, 1908. On April 13, 1910, he conveyed the premises and others, subject to a mortgage for $5000, to Warren E. Lewis by warranty deed, which was recorded on April 11, 1911. The grantee never had possession or claimed any interest in the property but accepted the title merely…