Fairman v. Beal
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard before Underwood, Judge, at March term, 1852, of the Madison Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by Beal against Fairman and Pierce, to recover the possession of the south-east quarter of section sixteen, in township three north, of range nine west, situated in Madison county, and containing'one hundred and sixty acres. The death of Pierce was afterwards suggested, and leave obtained to prosecute the suit against Fairman. On the trial, the plaintiff proved a state of facts as follows: George Hewitt entered the west half of the quarter section in 1815; and Nathan Belch entered the east half in 1831. Belch died in March, 1834, without issue; his…
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