McLaughlin v. Johnson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. A. A. Smith, Judge, presiding. The facts in this case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This action was originally commenced before a justice of * the peace of Mercer ■ county, by Perry McLaughlin against Lorimer Johnson, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court, where there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant.
To reverse this judgment the plaintiff has brought the case here by appeal, and makes his principal point on the instructions.
The record shows, substantially, this case; one Arnold, being the owner of a quarter section of land in Mercer county, sold, in 1861, the southeast forty to the plaintiff, and put him in possession. Before the sale, Arnold had enclosed the…
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