Wardwell v. McDowell
Illinois Supreme Court
"Weit of Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. MadisoN E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the court below by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error, in September, 1857, to recover the possession of an undivided portion of certain premises in La Salle county. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
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"Weit of Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. MadisoN E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the court below by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error, in September, 1857, to recover the possession of an undivided portion of certain premises in La Salle county. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The trial below resulted in a finding and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendant thereupon sued out this writ of error. The principal questions presented upon the record…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beeese
This was an action of ejectment brought in the Circuit Court of La Salle county, to recover the possession of a certain tract of land there situate. A verdict and judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs, and the case brought here by writ of error.
The following facts were agreed: Both parties claim title from Samuel Lapsley, ‘deceased, who died in La Salle on the 21st of June, 1839, seized in fee of the premises in question. The plaintiffs are the heirs at law of Lapsley, and, as such, had Lapsley died intestate, would have been entitled to T\\ párt of the premises described in the…
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