Bradley v. Lightcap
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. Five ejectment suits were brought by Lightcap against tenants of Mrs. Bradley, July 13, 1895, in the Circuit Court of Mason County, Illinois, and taken on change of venue to Fulton County, where they were consolidated, Mrs. Bradley was let in to defend,- and the case went to judgment in her favor.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ILLINOIS. Five ejectment suits were brought by Lightcap against tenants of Mrs. Bradley, July 13, 1895, in the Circuit Court of Mason County, Illinois, and taken on change of venue to Fulton County, where they were consolidated, Mrs. Bradley was let in to defend,- and the case went to judgment in her favor. This judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court of Illinois,’ after several hearings., and the case remanded to the Circuit Court. 186 Illinois, 510. On the retrial judgment was recovered by Lightcap, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court, 201…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Among the defences, it is stated' Mrs. Bradley relied on, were that “under section 6 of chapter 83 of the Revised Statutes, in regard to limitations, the trust deed from McCune to Johnson, the decree- of' sale and certificate of purchase constituted color of title which, coupled with her possession and payment of taxes for seven successive years, made her the legal owner of the lands to the extent and according to the purport of her paper title;” that “under section 4 of the same act her possession and actual .residence, through her tenants, for seven successive years, having a connected…
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