Kelsey v. Forsyth
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. It was an action of ejectment brought by Robert Forsyth, a citizen of Missouri, against Kelsey and Hotchkiss,, to recover certain lots in the county of Peoria.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. It was an action of ejectment brought by Robert Forsyth, a citizen of Missouri, against Kelsey and Hotchkiss,, to recover certain lots in the county of Peoria. After some proceedings which it is not necessary to men-. tion in this report, the cause came on for trial at December term, 1854, of the Circuit Court, when the parties filed the following agreement: ; “And be it further remembered, that afterwards, to wit, upon the calling of this cause for trial, by the mutual…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois.. An action of ejectment was brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff, for a certain parcel of land described in the declaration, and upon the trial the verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff; a motion was afterwards made to .set, aside the judgment and for a new trial,'and' the judgment was accordingly set aside, and a new trial granted upon the terms mentioned in the transcript.- In the proceedings upon this new trial, the parties agreed to waive a trial by jury, and…
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