Walton v. Follansbee

This was an action of ejectment, brought by Martin C. Walton, Frank H. Van Pelt and Nelson C. Walton Jr., against Sally M. Follansbee, Charles Follansbee and B. A. Meiswinkel, to recover lot 44, block 4, Fort Dearborn addition to Chicago. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and at the trial, the court, at the close of the evidence, refused all the instructions to the jury asked by the plaintiffs, and instructed the jury to find their verdict for the defendants, and the jury having, in obedience to said instruction, found the defendants not guilty, the court, after denying the plaintiffs’…