Legal Opinion

Cole v. McLaughlin

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1897Published

Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

This is an action of ejectment, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error. The premises are described in the declaration, as lot 12, "in block 71, in the subdivision of sections 5 and 6, township 37, north, range 15, east.

The verdict rendered by the jury is as follows: “We, the jury, find the defendants guilty of unlawfully withholding from the plaintiff the possession of the premises described as follows: Commencing at the south-east corner of the brick building known as Ho. 9144 Commercial avenue in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois; thence north two feet and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Meraman's Heirs v. Caldwell's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1847
  2. City of East St. Louis v. HackettIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Marmaduke v. Tennant's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1843

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