Booth v. Tiernan
Supreme Court of the United States
IN. error to the circuit court of THE UNITED states FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
•Mr. Justice Matthews
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of ejectment brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error to recover the title and- possession of a tract of land in Grundy County, Illinois, described as the northeast quarter of section twenty-nine (29), in township thirty-two (32) north of the base line, and in range eight (8) east of the third principal meridian.
By stipulation the intervention of a jury was waived by the parties, and the cause was submitted upon the evidence to the circuit court.
One of the defences relied .on was the statute of…
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