Brown v. Coon
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, at the March term, 1864, of the Circuit Court of Marion county, to recover certain premises which had formerly been the homestead of the plaintiff. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action of ej ectment brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, and submitted to the court below, on the following state of facts. In 1863, the plaintiff, being then the owner of the premises in controversy, and occupying them as his homestead, conveyed them by deed, executed by himself and wife, to one Belden, The deed contained no release of the homestead, either in its body or acknowledgment. After the execution of the deed, the grantor removed from the house with his family, and gave possession to said Belden, who moved in and occupied the same until he…
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