Illinois State Trust Co. v. Williams

Plaintiff, in an action of forcible entry and detainer, obtained a judgment in justice court for the possession of a five-hundred acre farm. An appeal was taken to the circuit court of St. Clair county where, after a trial before a jury, judgment was rendered on the verdict in favor of defendant.

Plaintiff contends the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in its favor at the close of the evidence. Considering the evidence in its aspects most favorable to defendant, we find he was in possession of the farm in 1936; he continued such possession in 1937 as a tenant under a written…