Cooper v. Gum

Appellant brought ejectment in the Menard circuit court, against appellees, to recover certain lots in the town of Petersburg, in said county. A trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff in ejectment. Defendants took a new trial under the statute, and filed this bill against appellant to set aside and remove as a cloud from the title of appellee Emma B. Gum to said lots, a deed from Nancy Clark to appellant, Mary F. Cooper, (formerly King,) dated July 27, 1887, and to enjoin said ejectment suit, etc. On hearing the circuit court decreed in accordance with the prayer of the bill, and the…