Brown v. Lober

This is an appeal by plaintiffs, James and Dolly Brown, from a judgment of the circuit court of Montgomery County finding that their action for breach of covenant under a warranty deed was barred by the statute of limitations.

Although a hearing was conducted below, no transcript of it appears in the record on appeal. An agreed statement of facts was filed on July 20, 1977. The following facts are derived from that statement.

In 1957, the Browns purchased 80 acres of land in Montgomery County from joint tenants William and Faith Bost. They received a statutory warranty deed (see Ill. Rev. Stat.…