Merrick v. Wallace
Illinois Supreme Court
ERROR TO LASALLE. This was an action of ejectment by Merrick against Wallace, for the south-east quarter of section thirty-four, in township thirty-four north, of range three east of the third principal meridian. Declaration in the usual form. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at November term, 1857, and verdict for the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
The facts concisely stated in this case are, that Henry Green was seized in fee of the premises in controversy, before and on the 12th day of December, 1835, and that defendant took possession in 1855 ; that a judgment was rendered by the Circuit Court of La Salle county, where the premises are situate, on the 7th of April, 1846, in favor of the plaintiff in error, against the said Green, for twelve hundred dollars ; that the declaration in the suit of Merrick v. Green — being on a promissory note — was signed by the defendant in error, as the plaintiff’s attorney ; that the execution on this…
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