Darst v. Marshall
Illinois Supreme Court
Plaintiff filed Ms declaration for the recovery of the‘northwest quarter of section thirty-two, township ten north, range one east of the fourth principal meridian, at the September term of the Knox Circuit Court, to wit: the 24th day of September, 1855. Plea, not guilty.
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Plaintiff filed Ms declaration for the recovery of the‘northwest quarter of section thirty-two, township ten north, range one east of the fourth principal meridian, at the September term of the Knox Circuit Court, to wit: the 24th day of September, 1855. Plea, not guilty. The cause was tried by the court, without a jury, at the April term of said court, 1857, and taken under advisement by the court until the October term, 1857, when judgment was rendered for the defendant, at which last hamed term plaintiff filed his bill of exceptions, which shows that the plaintiff proved title from the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This was an action of ejectment, commenced in the Knox Circuit Court, by Darst against Marshall, at the September term, 1855. On a trial by the court, by consent, without the intervention of a jury, the plaintiff introduced in evidence a regular chain of title from the United States to himself. Defendant admitted possession. The defendant introduced in evidence a deed from the Auditor of State, under sale of January, 1828, dated July 5th, 1880, to John Tilson, Jr.; a deed from Tilson to Moses Allen ; a deed from Allen to Charles P. Moulton and others; a deed from Moulton and others to Lemuel…
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