Fitch v. Wetherbee

This was a petition brought by J. Otis Wetherbee and Franklin E. Gregory, under what is known as the “Burnt Records act, ” to have established and confirmed in them the title to a tract of land described in the petition. The only person named as defendant who makes any defence, is Simon Fitch. On the hearing the Superior Court found petitioners were vested with the title to the property, and so decreed. Defendant brings the case to this court, on appeal.

Both parties claim the title to the premises that was originally in the Cook County Land Company. Concerning thq principal facts there is no…