Stark v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. William P. Hall, now deceased, in his lifetime was the owner of the patent title to the south-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section twenty-eight (28), in township four (4) north, of range seven (7) west of the third principal meridian.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. William P. Hall, now deceased, in his lifetime was the owner of the patent title to the south-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section twenty-eight (28), in township four (4) north, of range seven (7) west of the third principal meridian. Said William P. Hall died intestate on the 8th of October, 1839, leaving certain children surviving him as his heirs at law, who have all since conveyed their interest in said tract of land to William H. Hall, and subsequently-said William H. Hall conveyed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schoufield
Whatever title Solon Stark, in his lifetime, obtained to the tract of land in controversy, the plaintiffs in error have, and they therefore, on the hearing, gave evidence tending to show that he had color of title, made in good faith, and paid all taxes assessed thereon for more than seven successive years, and so that their defence against the claim of Brown and Hall, under the patent title, was complete, by virtue of the second section of the act of March 2, 1839, entitled, “An act to quiet possessions, and confirm titles to land. ”
But the objection is made that this- defence is not set up…
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