Conklin v. Foster

This was a bill in chancery, filed in the Superior Court of Chicago, by appellee against appellants. The purpose of the bill was, to enjoin appellants from removing, selling or disposing of a house, therein described, and from letting any person into possession; that the house be decreed to appellee; that appellants surrender the possession to him, and that they be decreed to pay him a reasonable rent, as a compensation for the use of the same.

It appears, from the bill, answer and proofs, that, on the 10th day of March, 1868, appellee was the owner, in fee, of a lot of land in Chicago, and…