Ashelford v. Willis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from tlié Circuit Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed by appellant, Abram Ashelford, ag-ainst appellee, Robert Willis, on the 17th day of September, 1900, in the DeKalb county circuit court, praying for an injunction against appellee to restrain him from removing certain fences of appellant, and from breaking and entering or in any way interfering with the possession of appellant over, across and upon the…
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Appeal from tlié Circuit Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed by appellant, Abram Ashelford, ag-ainst appellee, Robert Willis, on the 17th day of September, 1900, in the DeKalb county circuit court, praying for an injunction against appellee to restrain him from removing certain fences of appellant, and from breaking and entering or in any way interfering with the possession of appellant over, across and upon the north-east quarter of section 25, township 41, north, range 3, east of the third principal meridian. In his bill appellant…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
This is a proceeding by bill for an injunction, brought by appellant to restrain appellee in the enjoyment of a passageway across the north-west corner of appellant’s land, and to prevent appellee from tearing down fences and structures put across such passageway by appellant. Upon the matters that are material in this case there is little, if any, conflict in the evidence. It shows that in 1892 appellee was the owner of a large farm near Clare, in DeKalb county. His farm was so situated that he could pass from one tract of it to the other, and comprised nearly five hundred acres. His…
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