Gridley v. Bingham

This was an action of ejectment, brought by appellee to recover two lots in the village of Mewark, in Kendall county, from appellant. It appears that both parties claim title derived from Aaron Petty, as the common source. Appellee derives title by a sheriff’s deed, founded upon several judgments before justices of the peace against Petty, upon transcripts taken and filed in the circuit court, upon which executions were issued, and under which a levy and sale were made. The judgments amounted, in the aggregate, to forty-two dollars, and the transcripts were filed in the clerk’s office on the…