McNitt v. Turner
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois; the case being thus: Turner, alleging that he “ was possessed as of his own demesne in fee” of the satoe, brought ejectment against McNitt and another for a piece of land, “situate in the county of Brown, and State of Illinois,” and described as follows, to wit: “ The southeast quarter of section four (4) in township one (1) .south, of range four (4) west in said county of Brown.”
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois; the case being thus: Turner, alleging that he “ was possessed as of his own demesne in fee” of the satoe, brought ejectment against McNitt and another for a piece of land, “situate in the county of Brown, and State of Illinois,” and described as follows, to wit: “ The southeast quarter of section four (4) in township one (1) .south, of range four (4) west in said county of Brown.” Both plaintiff and defendant admitted title in one Samuel Spotts. The plaintiff claimed through a decree of sale made on prior proceedings, by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice S Wayne
■ This is a writ of error to the Circuit.Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois.
The defendant in error brought two separate actions of ejectment in the court below, one against each of the plaintiffs in error. They were landlord and tenaut, and by consent of the parties the actions were consolidated. The plaintiff recovered the premises in controversy. The defendants thereupon brought this writ of 'error.
' The chain of title relied upon by the respective parties was as follows: Turner gave in evidence a patent from the United States to Louis F. Lef'ay,'dated October…
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