Pratt v. Stone
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer brought by Emily H. Pratt against Elizabeth A. Stone, Samuel A. Downer and Augustus A. Parker, in a justice’s court, to recover possession of a certain dwelling-house and premises situate in the city of Chicago, from which the plaintiff claimed, that she had been forcibly evicted by the defendants.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer brought by Emily H. Pratt against Elizabeth A. Stone, Samuel A. Downer and Augustus A. Parker, in a justice’s court, to recover possession of a certain dwelling-house and premises situate in the city of Chicago, from which the plaintiff claimed, that she had been forcibly evicted by the defendants. The case having been taken by appeal to the circuit court, it was then tried before a jury. The plaintiff below was the only witness. She gave evidence tending to show that July 14, 1879, the premises in…
1Opinion of the CourtMcAllister, J.
The plaintiff herself was the only witness on the trial below. Her evidence, given on her own behalf, was clearly sufficient to support a verdict in her favor. It shows that the premises in question being vacant and unoccupied, she peaceably and without force, entered and had actual possession by her goods and in person; that while she was so in the peaceable possession of the premises, the defendants, by their authorized agent, entered upon that possession, against the will and without the consent of plaintiff, and caused a policeman to arrest her without any legal cause, and take hep away,…
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