Keller v. Brickey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson county; the Hon. M. C. Crawford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was ejectment, in the circuit court of Bandolph county, and by change of venue taken to Jackson county, and there tried by the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff.
The controversy is between the grantee of the patentee from the United States and a settler upon the land, claiming the same under the State as swamp and overflowed land, by deed duly executed by the county clerk of Bandolph county.
The patent under which the plaintiff claims bears date August 15, 1860, and the deed from the county clerk is dated January 29, 1862.
It is claimed by plaintiff in the…
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