Croff v. Ballinger
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action originally commenced by the appellee against the appellant, before a justice of the peace of Hancock county, under the statute relative to forcible entry and detainer, and removed to the circuit court of said county by appeal.
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This was an action originally commenced by the appellee against the appellant, before a justice of the peace of Hancock county, under the statute relative to forcible entry and detainer, and removed to the circuit court of said county by appeal. The complaint upon which the suit was commenced is as . follows: STATE OF ILLINOIS,) Hancock County. f " To John Barnes, a Justice of the Peace in and'for the County of Hancock : William Ballinger, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1855, he was in the peaceable and quiet possession of the following described real…
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
Forcible entry and detainer, by Ballinger against Groff.
The evidence substantially shows that Ballinger was in the actual possession of the premises described in the complaint, being a residence and grounds occupied by him; that Groff went there with his family and household goods, and commenced unloading his goods and moving them into the house; that Ballinger then forbade him doing so, but made no demonstrations of forcible resistance ; and that Groff took possession of a portion of the house, and held it after demand in writing therefor made by Ballinger.
The jury found Groff guilty of…
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