Beel v. Pierce
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action for a forcible detainer, from Madison county. The complaint before the justice declared that the defendants were in possession of certain tracts of land, of which plaintiff claimed to be the owner in fee simple; said land lying and being in the county of Madison and state of Illinois, to wit: the south-east quarter of section sixteen; also, the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section number twenty-one, township three north, range nine, west…
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This was an action for a forcible detainer, from Madison county. The complaint before the justice declared that the defendants were in possession of certain tracts of land, of which plaintiff claimed to be the owner in fee simple; said land lying and being in the county of Madison and state of Illinois, to wit: the south-east quarter of section sixteen; also, the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section number twenty-one, township three north, range nine, west of the third principal meridian, together with all and singular the tenements and appurtenances thereto belonging, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Mr. Justice Catón :
The complaint in this case shows, that Beel is the owner, and entitled to the possession, of two tracts of land, amounting to two hundred acres, and that he rented about fifteen acres of one of the tracts, to Pierce, for one year, which expired in February, 1849; and that Pierce unlawfully withholds the whole of the premises from the plaintiff. The complaint then shows, that Fairman unlawfully entered into the possession of the same premises, under Pierce, and that they both unlawfully withhold them from the plaintiff, after notice, &c.
This petition was…
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