Legal Opinion

Koon v. Nichols

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1872PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Weit of Eeeoe to the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. A. J. Gallagher, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, in which the sufficiency of the finding and judgment is questioned.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

The declaration in this case stated that the plaintiff claimed the premises in fee simple.

The cause was tried by the court without a jury. The court found, merely,the issue for the plaintiff. The judgment thereupon Avas as follows: “And said suit having been brought for the recovery of the fee simple in the following described messuage to wit: the south half of the east half of the southwest quarter of section 8, in township 31 north, range 11 east, third principal meridian, it is therefore ordered and adjudged by the court that the said plaintiff recover of the said defendant the -premises…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rawlings v. BaileyIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
  2. Patterson v. HubbardIllinois Supreme Court · 1863

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Crean v. McMahonPennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · 1908

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