Reid v. Morton

This was an action of ejectment, brought by Lizzie T. Reid, formerly Lizzie T. Olcott, and Susan M. Olcott, against Thomas C. Morton, on May é, 1SS0, to recover an eighty-acre tract of land in Christian county. Both parties claim title through Alvin Olcott, deceased, the ancestor of the plaintiffs, and plaintiffs’ title to the land is conceded if it was not divested by certain proceedings in the Alton City Court, of Madison county, Illinois, commenced by Mary M. Olcott, their guardian, and resulting in a sale and guardian’s deed. The plaintiffs denied that this city court ever had…