Kiley v. Brewster

This was an action of ejectment brought in the Cook Circuit Court by John Kiley and others against Maria Brewster and others to recover possession of part of lot 13 in block 2, Kinzie’s addition, in which was a trial and verdict and judgment for the defendants. A motion for a new trial was denied. To reverse this judgment the record is brought here by writ of error, and presents a question of the first impression in this court, and of considerable importance, though lying in a small compass.

The controversy grows out of the construction to be put on this clause in the deed of trust under which…