Bell v. Neiderer

George Bell, the appellant, brought an action in ejectment in the circuit court of Mason county against Anna Neiderer, the appellee, for the recovery of a tract of land situated in that county, described as so much of the north half of the fractional north-west quarter of section 18, township 20, north, range 9, west of the third principal meridian, as lies south of the “Bath shute” of the Illinois river, containing 34.23 acres, more or less. On a plea of not guilty issue was joined and a trial had by the court without the intervention of a jury, resulting in a finding and judgment in favor…