Sontag v. Bigelow

This was an action of ejectment, .brought by Walter W. Bigelow and Martha Krueger, heirs-at-law of Walter Bigelow, Sr., deceased, against Theodore Sontag, to recover the west half of the west fractional half of section 4, township 3, south, range 11, west, in Monroe county, containing fifty-eight acres. On a trial of the cause in the circuit court the plaintiffs recovered a judgment for the land described in the declaration, and the defendant sued out this writ of error.

For the purpose of establishing title, plaintiffs read in evidence a deed dated December 1,1853, from James Moore and wife…