Asher v. Mitchell

This was an action of ejectment, brought to the March term, A. D. 1872, of the circuit court of Jersey county, by James Mitchell, defendant in error, against John A. Asher, plaintiff in error, for the recovery of lot 10, in block 13, in the town of Jerseyville, in said county. There were four trials of the case altogether,- the last one being at the September term, 1878, of the court.

Both parties claimed title to the lot in question through one Charles H. Roberts, as a common source of title. The plaintiff, for the purpose of establishing title in himself, showed that on the 10th of July,…