Jamison v. Graham
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henderson county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer, brought by Wilson M. Graham, before a justice of the peace of Henderson county, against Nathan H. Jamison, to recover the possession of the south-east quarter of section 17, township 12 north of range 4, west of the 4th principal meridian.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henderson county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer, brought by Wilson M. Graham, before a justice of the peace of Henderson county, against Nathan H. Jamison, to recover the possession of the south-east quarter of section 17, township 12 north of range 4, west of the 4th principal meridian. On a trial before the justice, plaintiff recovered judgment, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court of Henderson county, and a trial was had in that court, by the judge and a jury, at the March term,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
This was a proceeding to obtain the possession of lands where the entry was alleged to have been forcible.
Both parties, together with other persons, owned land adjoining the land in dispute, and the latter was inclosed by means of the fences of the several owners. The alleged entry was occasioned by a fence, erected between the land of appellee and the disputed land, by appellant.
The evidence tends to show, that the land in controversy was used as a common pasture, and that appellee did not have exclusive possession. There is some proof that the parties had a joint possession, with other…
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