Rigg v. Cook
Illinois Supreme Court
Ejectment, in the St. Clair Circuit Court, brought by the appellee against the appellant, and heard before the Hon, Gustavus P. Koerner and a jury, at the May term 1847. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Treat, J.
This was an action of ejectment, commenced in the St. Clair Circuit Court, on the 23d of October, 1845, by John Cook against Rachel Rigg, for the recovery of the south east fractional quarter of section twenty three, and the north fractional half of section twenty six, in township one north of range eight west, containing three hundred and thirty nine acres, and eighty five hundredths of an acre.
On the trial before the jury, the plaintiff read in evidence four several deeds of assignment of military claims from Jean B. Robillard, Michael…
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