Jacobs v. Rice
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. David M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. In the year 1863, John C. Jacobs instituted an action of ejectment in the court below, against William Rice, for the recovery of certain premises situate in Morgan county. The title to the land was originally in one Cornelius Pointer, who died in 1833, leaving Matilda Jane, his daughter, one of his heirs-at-law, who intermarried with John G. Dustin.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. David M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. In the year 1863, John C. Jacobs instituted an action of ejectment in the court below, against William Rice, for the recovery of certain premises situate in Morgan county. The title to the land was originally in one Cornelius Pointer, who died in 1833, leaving Matilda Jane, his daughter, one of his heirs-at-law, who intermarried with John G. Dustin. On the 29th day of December, 1862, Dustin and wife conveyed to the plaintiff. Rice, the defendant below, entered into possession of the land in the year…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Beckwith delivered
the opinion of the Court:
Cornelius Pointer died in 1833, leaving Matilda Jane one of his heirs. She married John Gr. Dustin in 1844, and children of the marriage were born alive. Dustin and wife conveyed the premises in controversy to the appellant, on the 29th day of December, 1862. The appellee entered into possession in 1852, under color of title acquired in good faith; and from that time until the commencement of this suit in 1863, has resided on the premises and paid all taxes assessed thereon. Dustin became invested with a life-estate in the premises by the…
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