Fagan v. Rosier
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action of ejectment, brought by appellee against appellants, to recover a part of the undivided half surveys 117 to 125, inclusive, in Cahokia Common Fields, St. Clair county.
On the trial of the cause in the circuit court, by agreement the evidence of J. FT. Piggot, set out in the opinion of the court in case of Bowman v. Wettig, 39 Ill. 417, was read by the plaintiff as the evidence of Piggot, the substance of which was, that prior to 1816, one Etienne Pensoneau claimed a tract of land opposite St. Louis on Cahokia creek, some ten arpents in front, extending back to the bluffs;…
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