Black v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ ob Error to the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Harry HigbeE, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
Harry L. Black, defendant in error, brought his action of ejectment in the circuit court of Cass county against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, to recover possession of a tract of land described in the amended declaration as fractional block 103^ of School Commissioners’ addition to Beardstown, in section 14, township 18, north, range 12, west of the third principal meridian. An issue was formed under the plea of the general issue and the cause was tried by the court without a jury. The plaintiff claimed title through a grant from the United States to…
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