Miner v. Hess
Illinois Supreme Court
Wkit of Ekrob to the Circuit Court of McDonough county; the Hon. Chauncey L. Higkbee, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was a bill in chancery, instituted in the McDonough Circuit Court by Abraham Hess against Clarissa Miner, to correct a mistake in the description of a lot of land in the town of Bushnell, leased by the defendant to the complainant for three years, at the yearly rent of one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The lease bears date December 13, 1861, and describes the premises as follows: “ Twenty-four feet of the south half of lot 4, block 33, Bushnell, Illinois.”
It is claimed in the bill of complainant that the premises should have been described as, “ Twenty-four feet off of the south side…
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