Legal Opinion

Connor v. Nichols

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1863PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago, the Hon. John M. WilsoN, Chief Justice, presiding. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the court below, by Israel T. Nichols against Thomas Connor, to recover the possession of certain premises in the city of Chicago. The defendant interposed the plea of not guilty, and the issue was tried by the court, without the intervention of a jury.

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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago, the Hon. John M. WilsoN, Chief Justice, presiding. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the court below, by Israel T. Nichols against Thomas Connor, to recover the possession of certain premises in the city of Chicago. The defendant interposed the plea of not guilty, and the issue was tried by the court, without the intervention of a jury. The plaintiff derived title through a deed of trust upon the premises in controversy, executed on the 14th of October, 1858, by the defendant, Thomas Connor, and Mary A. Connor, his wife, to Henry…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bkeese

This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of certain premises in the city of Chicago.

On the trial this stipulation was entered into :

“ It is hereby stipulated and agreed by the parties hereto, by their respective counsel, and admitted on behalf of said plaintiff, for the purposes of this suit, that the real estate in question in this suit, and the buildings thereon, were, in A. D. 1852, and from thence hitherto have been, and still are occupied as a residence, by the defendant, Thomas Oonuor, and owned by him, [unless affected by the trust deed in this case,] and that he, said…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Patterson v. KreigIllinois Supreme Court · 1863

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cleaver v. BigelowMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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