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JONES ET AL. v. JOHNSTON

59 U.S. 150 (1855)

18 How. 150

WILLIAM JONES AND SYLVESTER MARSH, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM S. JOHNSTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Scammon and Mr. Johnston, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Chase, for the defendant.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Illinois.

The suit below, was an action of ejectment, brought by Johnston, against Jones and Marsh, to recover a tract of alluvial land in the city of Chicago, formed in Lake Michigan, adjoining the north pier of Chicago harbor, and which is claimed as an accretion to water-lot No. 34, in Kinzie's addition. The defendant...

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