Kruse v. Wilson

This was ejectment, in the Peoria circuit court, by John Wilson, plaintiff, and against Henry Kruse, defendant, to recover the possession of certain premises, described in the declaration by metes and bounds, being part of the north-west quarter of section 8, in township 8 north, of range 8 east of the fourth principal meridian. The tract claimed by the plaintiff was about five acres, and he deraigned the title from the patentee of the quarter section, one James Marden.

The cause was tried by the court without a jury, on the general issue, resulting in a finding and judgment for the plaintiff,…