Rupert v. Mark
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard before Davis, Judge, at May term, 1853, of the Tazewell Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was an action of ejectment, brought by Rupert and Haines against Mark, on the 7th of April, 1851, to recover the possession of a lot in the town of Pekin.
On the trial, the plaintiffs, introduced the following evidence. 1. Proof that David Bailey was the owner of the lot in question, on the 15th of July, 1831; and that the defendant had possession thereof when the suit was commenced. 2. A deed of the lot from David Bailey to Samuel G. Bailey, bearing date the 15th of July, 1831, and recorded on the 18th of the same month. 3. Proof that Samuel G. Bailey died intestate in the year 1846,…
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