Snapp v. Peirce
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment, commenced at the April! term of Warren Circuit Court, A. D. 1854, by defendants in error against plaintiffs in error, to recover the north-west quarter of section fourteen, township eight north, in range one west, and declaration filed in usual form, to which the defendants below filed a plea of general issue.
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This was an action of ejectment, commenced at the April! term of Warren Circuit Court, A. D. 1854, by defendants in error against plaintiffs in error, to recover the north-west quarter of section fourteen, township eight north, in range one west, and declaration filed in usual form, to which the defendants below filed a plea of general issue. The case was tried before Wead, Judge, the jury in the cause having been discharged by agreement of parties, and judgment for the plaintiffs below.
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, 0. J.
Hans Patten executed to Clement Peirce a bond for a deed of the premises in question, which was duly recorded on the 4th of April, 1836. Patten subsequently mortgaged the same premises to Mdrse, which mortgage was recorded on the 30th of December, 1836. This mortgage was foreclosed, and under it the lands were sold to Ralsten, in 1844, and Ralston conveyed to the defendants in 1852, who are in possession, and the presumption of law is, till they show some other title, that they are in possession under this one, so that it is only necessary for the plaintiffs to show a better title…
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