Jackson v. Berner

This was an action of ejectment, brought to the Circuit Court of Cook county, by Jacob Berner, against Jonathan Jackson and others, heirs at law of Gideon M. Jackson, deceased, to recover the possession of a part of lot eighteen, in block one hundred and thirty-one, in the school section addition to Chicago.

The cause was tried by a jury, who found a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment rendered on the verdict. To reverse this judgment the defendants bring the record here by appeal.

The plaintiff derived title through mesne conveyances, from the State.…