McCormick v. Wheeler, Mellick & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bock Island county ; the Hon. Ira 0. Wilkinson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the court below by the appellees against the appellant, to recover the possession of the west one hundred acres of the north-east quarter of Section seven, in Township nineteen 'north, Range three east of the fourth principal meridian, situate in the county of Rock Island.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bock Island county ; the Hon. Ira 0. Wilkinson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the court below by the appellees against the appellant, to recover the possession of the west one hundred acres of the north-east quarter of Section seven, in Township nineteen 'north, Range three east of the fourth principal meridian, situate in the county of Rock Island. A trial resulted in a finding and judgment for the plaintiffs below, from which the defendant took this appeal. All the important facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Lawrence*
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was an action of ejectment, depending upon the priority of certain judgment liens. The judgments were against William Marshall, Jr., in the Circuit Court of Rock Island county, and in the order of time, stood as follows:
1. At the December term, 1857, for $180.90, in favor of William L. Lee.
2. At- the March term, 1858, for $258.67, in favor of McCarn & Scott.
8. At the June term, 1858, for $226.79, in favor of Harper & Steel.
4. At the January term, 1861, for $6,472.42, in favor of Wheeler, Mellick & Co., the appellees.
5. There was…
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