Rhinehart v. Schuyler
Illinois Supreme Court
Ejectment in the Adams Circuit Court, brought by the appellees against the appellant, and heard before the Hon. Jesse B. Thomas and a jury, at the October term 1843. ■Verdict for the plaintiffs below, and a judgment for possession, &c. The defendant appealed to this Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Young, J.*
This was an action of ejectment, commenced by Robert Schuyler, Russell H. Nevins,William Couch, Abijah Fisher and David Lee, the plaintiffs below, at the February Special term of the Adams Circuit Court 1842, against Lewis Rhinehart, the defendant below, to recover possession of the south east quarter of section thirty one (31), in township one (1), north, of range seven (7) west, of the fourth principal meridian, in Adams county, containing one hundred and sixty acres. The defendant pleaded “not guilty” at the same term; a trial was had by a…
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