Thornton v. Mehring
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; —heard in that' court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Geo. W. Wall, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walkeb
This was an action of ejectment, brought by appellants, in the St. Clair circuit court, against appellee, to recover the undivided two-thirds of fourteen acres, part of lot 475 of the first subdivision of Cahokia commons, in that county. The land in controversy is situated on the south end of the lot. The declaration contained two counts, to which the general issue was filed, and a trial was had before the court, a jury having been waived by consent of the parties. After hearing the evidence, the court found the issues for the defendant, and, after overruling a motion for a new trial,…
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