Seaman v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Declaration in ejectment, appellee against appellants, for the following land, situate in Cook county, and State of Illinois, to wit: That part of the north-east fractional quarter of Sec. 22, T. 39 N., R. 14 E. of third principal meridian, bounded as follows : Beginning on west line of said fractional quarter section, 277-nny feet south from north-west corner thereof; thence east, to centre of Wabash Avenue; thence north, 34 feet; thence west, to west line of said…
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Declaration in ejectment, appellee against appellants, for the following land, situate in Cook county, and State of Illinois, to wit: That part of the north-east fractional quarter of Sec. 22, T. 39 N., R. 14 E. of third principal meridian, bounded as follows : Beginning on west line of said fractional quarter section, 277-nny feet south from north-west corner thereof; thence east, to centre of Wabash Avenue; thence north, 34 feet; thence west, to west line of said fractional quarter section; thence south, 34 feet,, to place of beginning. Also that part of said quarter section described as…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This record presents the question as to what answers the call for Lake Michigan, as a boundary line, in the various deeds in a chain of title, held by the plaintiff below. If high water mark is the point at which his land terminates, then this judgment should be reversed; but if, on the contrary, the line where the water usually stands when unaffected by storms and other disturbing causes, is the boundary, then the judgment must be affirmed. The question of which was the true line, was alone discussed upon the argument. The great lakes of the north, present questions affecting riparian…
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