Howard v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank

Appellants brought this suit in ejectment in the superior court of Cook county against appellees to recover thirty-seven and a half acres of land in that county, appellant Howard claiming an undivided five-ninths and appellant Lowenhaupt an undivided four-ninths thereof. The plea was the general issue, and upon a trial there was a verdict of not guilty and that the right of possession in fee simple was in the appellees. Judgment for costs was entered against appellants.

Both parties claimed title from John McCaffery, deceased,—the plaintiffs through a conveyance from him to the plaintiff…