Jones v. Johnston
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States, for the District of Illinois. The case is stated in the opinion of the court, but. it is difficult for the reader to. understand the points, unless with the assistance of a.n explanatory map'. Many of these were used during the argument, but the sketch here presented, may convey some idea of the locality. Prom A to B North Pier. Prom 0 to D- South Pier.
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This case was brought up by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States, for the District of Illinois. The case is stated in the opinion of the court, but. it is difficult for the reader to. understand the points, unless with the assistance of a.n explanatory map'. Many of these were used during the argument, but the sketch here presented, may convey some idea of the locality. Prom A to B North Pier. Prom 0 to D- South Pier. Old channel ,of the river Johnston, who brought the ejectment in the court below, was the owner of lot No. 34. Jones and Marsh claimed that lot No. 35 was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
-. This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States' for the district of Illinois..'The suit- below, was an action of ejectment, brought by Johnston, against Jones and Marsh, to recover a tract of alluvial land in the city of- Chicago, formed in Lake Michigan, adjoining the north’ pier of Chicago harbor, and which is claimed, as an accretion to water-lot No. 34, in Kinzie’s addition. The defendant, Jones, is owner of lot. No. 35, in said addition, lying east, and ádjoining 34, and between that and the lake,. . „
Both parties claim under Robert A. Kinzie, the patentee of the…
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