Littlejohn v. Chicago, Evanston & Lake Superior Ry. Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert W. Wright, Judge, presiding. The appellant, Wiley J. Littlejohn, on June 16, 1903, brought an action of ejectment in the superior court of Cook county against Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway Company, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, and Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway Company, appellees, to recover a strip of land 163.7 feet in width at the north end thereof and 111.2 feet in…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert W. Wright, Judge, presiding. The appellant, Wiley J. Littlejohn, on June 16, 1903, brought an action of ejectment in the superior court of Cook county against Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway Company, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, and Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway Company, appellees, to recover a strip of land 163.7 feet in width at the north end thereof and 111.2 feet in width at the south end, and about 324 feet in length, extending across the north half of lot 30, (except the north 256…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. JuSTicB ScoTT
delivered the opinion of the court:
Treating the agreement signed by Benjamin Hill as binding upon his wife, Louesa Hill, by reason of her acquiescence therein, but without determining whether it is in fact binding upon her, the first question presented for our determination is whether the deed from Louesa Hill to Burge, and that from Burge to Littlejohn, conveyed the legal title to the strip in question to the latter.
The position taken by appellees seems to be that the railroad company had acquired title to the strip by taking possession under the agreement with Louesa Hill,…
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- Kamphouse v. GaffnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- St. Louis & Belleville Electric Railway Co. v. Gustave VanhoorebekeIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Sands v. WacaserIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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