Sutton v. Findlay Cemetery Ass'n
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. Albert M. Rose, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Farmer
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant in error, John B. Sutton, complainant below, filed his bill in the circuit court of Shelby county on October 16, 1913, against plaintiff in error, the Findlay Cemetery Association, defendant below, alleging that he was the owner of 194 acres of land described, and that the. defendant corporation was the owner of ten acres of land adjoining complainant’s land on the west. The bill alleges the defendant association has caused said ten-acre tract to be surveyed and platted for use as a public cemetery, and that the city of…
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