Patton v. Vining

A. Everett Patton filed a complaint in ejectment in the circuit court of Kankakee County against the heirs of Mary J. Vining, deceased. The court dismissed the suit on motion of defendants; and plaintiff appeals directly to this court, a freehold being involved.

The correctness of the order appealed from depends upon a proper construction of the deed whereby the real estate in question was conveyed to plaintiff’s predecessor in title. The property consists of a tract of land in Kankakee County, bordering on the Kankakee River. By a statutory form of warranty deed dated December 1, 1913, Mary…