Johnston v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. William S. Johnston brought ejectment in the Circuit Court against John A. Jones and another for a part of the land formed ■by accretion on the shore of Lake Michigan, north of the north pier of the harbor of Chicago.
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Writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. William S. Johnston brought ejectment in the Circuit Court against John A. Jones and another for a part of the land formed ■by accretion on the shore of Lake Michigan, north of the north pier of the harbor of Chicago. The cause was tried in the Circuit Court, and a verdict and judgment were given for the plaintiff, when the defendant brought it up to this court by writ of error, where it was reversed, and a venire facias de novo awarded. The facts as they appeared upon the record at that time ai’e…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice B Wayne
This case was before this court at December term, 1855. It is reported as then presented, in 13 Howard, p. 250. The judgmént of the Circuit Court was reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings. The action below was ejectment, brought to recover a part of the land formed by accretion on the shore of Lake Michigan, north of the north pier of the harbor, in the city of Chicago. The land in controversy was claimed to belong to water lot No. 34, in Kinzie’s addition to that city. The plaintiff in error sought to recover it, in virtue of his ownership of that lot. Upon the last trial,…
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