Wakefield v. VanTassell

The appellee, Robert VanTassell, recovered a judgment in an action of ejectment against James E. Wakefield and Adam J. Best for the possession of four lots in the town of Princeville, in the county of Peoria, and the judgment was affirmed by this court. (Wakefield v. VanTassell, 202 Ill. 41.) A writ of possession was issued and the plaintiff was put in possession of the property, after which the cause was re-docketed in the circuit court, and the appellant, William Wakefield, who had acquired the rights of the original defendants, was substituted as defendant. On his motion the court…