Hardin v. Jones
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This bill was filed by Fernando Jones, in November, 1873, to quiet title to property described in the bill.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This bill was filed by Fernando Jones, in November, 1873, to quiet title to property described in the bill. It is alleged in the bill complainant was owner and claims title in fee to the premises by a chain of title from the government, and also that he has a title to the lands by virtue of the limitation laws of the State, as provided in sections'8 and 9 of the act entitled “ Conveyances,” and that he was in actual possession of the premises by a tenant. It is conceded the title to the lands from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
No discussion of the merits of the titles the respective parties insist upon need be had at this time. It will be observed both parties claim the title to the land that was in Daniel Elston—that of complainant depending in part upon the validity of a sheriff’s sale made in 1839, under an execution issued on a judgment against Elston, and defendants claim the same title as heirs at law of John Holbrook, to whom, in his life-time, Elston had conveyed the property. No question is made as to the fact of the possession of defendants from 1870 to 1873, nor that they had inclosed the premises and…
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