Legal Opinion

Sexton v. Carley

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 1893PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of ■St. Glair county; the Hon. B. B. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

Defendant in error brought his action in ejectment against plaintiffs in error, to the September term of the circuit court of St. Clair county, to recover “lots 2 and 3 of New Brighton, being subdivision of lot 2 of United States survey 777, as per plat thereof recorded in book ‘D’ of plats, page 134, of the recorder’s office of St. Clair county, Illinois, situated in said county of St. Clair,” in which he claimed an estate for years, running ninety-five years from Juno 28, 1844, and which he-alleged the defendants unlawfully withheld, etc. The plea was not guilty, and the parties stipulated…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hardin v. ForsytheIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Tilghman & West v. LittleIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  3. Cox v. CunninghamIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mackin v. HavenIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Adams v. ShirkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
  3. Okey, Inc. v. American National Bank & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  4. Chicago Railway Equipment Co. v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1928
  5. Merki v. MerkiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904

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