O'Neal v. Wabash Avenue Baptist Church

Mr. Chier Justice Breese

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was an action of ejectment, for a lot of ground in the City of Chicago, and a verdict and judgment for the defendants.

To reverse the judgment, plaintiff brings the record here by writ of error, and makes several points, the most important of which we have considered.

It is conceded, that Stephen Bronson, jr., was the common source of title, and the first proposition of plaintiff is, therefore, not denied.

It is claimed by plaintiff, and not denied, that Bronson, on the eighteenth of June, 1852, executed a contract to plaintiff to…