Hinton v. Knott

September 15, 1905, a jury impaneled in the Circuit Court of Champaign county returned a verdict in" favor of appellee against one Claude Hinton, a minor, and nephew of appellant, for the sum of $900, in an action of trespass. At that time said Claude Hinton was the owner in fee of the undivided one-third of eighty acres of land in Champaign county, which he had acquired by devise from his grandfather, John H. Funston, two sisters of the said Claude being each the owner of the undivided one-third of said land. September 19,1905, and before judgment had been entered on said verdict, the said…