Fuller v. Shedd
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge presiding. On the 29th of June, 1888, Charles B. Shedd filed his petition under the Burnt Records act, seeking to establish the record title to fractional section 29, in township 37, north, range 15, east of the third principal meridian, in Cook county, Illinois.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge presiding. On the 29th of June, 1888, Charles B. Shedd filed his petition under the Burnt Records act, seeking to establish the record title to fractional section 29, in township 37, north, range 15, east of the third principal meridian, in Cook county, Illinois. The United States issued letters patent for this fractional tract of 7.37 acres to Stephen A. Douglas on October 1, 1855. On the 30th of June, 1888, Shedd filed another petition under the Burnt Records act, seeking to establish the record title to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The main question presented on the pleadings and facts appearing in this record is, whether the title of the riparian owner on a lake meandered in the original survey by officers employed by the United States for surveying public lands, extends to the center of the lake or stops at the water’s edge. The question is of much consequence and deserving of careful consideration. In States bordering on the great lakes of the north it is of paramount importance, and the adjudications of the courts of such States are not harmonious. Where lakes are of such size that in making the original survey they…
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