Kesl v. Cobine

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison county in favor of appellees in an action of ejectment. The land involved is a strip six feet wide and 100 feet long from north to south and fronts at the north on a public street. The land in dispute is a part of lot 66 of Wheeler’s addition to the city of Edwardsville. Lot 66 is triangular in shape and contains approximately two acres, and was owned by Mary M. Cowan, the common source of title of appellant and appellees. June 10, 1919, Mrs. Cowan conveyed a part of said lot to appellant and his sister. The sister died…