Jones v. Doe ex dem. Bramblet
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment brought by plaintiff’s lessors, to recover possession of the S. E. qr. of Sec. 14, T. 8, S. R. 6 East.
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This was an action of ejectment brought by plaintiff’s lessors, to recover possession of the S. E. qr. of Sec. 14, T. 8, S. R. 6 East. In the year 1830, John Brown, under and by virtue of whose will the lessors of the plaintiff claim title, died seized of two tracts of land in Gallatin county, which he bequeathed with his personal property, “to his well beloved wife Sarah, for to have the benefit and profit of the farms and improvements thereon, during her natural life, and at her death to descend to her heirs, except the S. E. qr. Sec. 14, T. 8, S. R. 6 East,” (the same land this action was…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, Justice
This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of the S. E. qr. of Section 14, in T. 8, S. R. 6 East. The lessors of the plaintiff claimed the land under the will of John Brown, who devised the lands named in his said will, as follows, viz: “ First, I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife, Sarah, the following quarter section of land, viz: The South East quarter of Section Eleven, in Township 8, South of Range 6 East. Also the South East quarter of Section Fourteen, in Township 8, South of Range 4 East, in the lands sold at Shawneetown, for her to have the benefit and profit of…
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