POWELL v. TRUSTEES OF SCHOOLS

No. 32692.

415 Ill. 236 (1953)

112 N.E.2d 478

MELL POWELL, Appellant, v. TRUSTEES OF SCHOOLS OF TOWNSHIP 16, HENRY COUNTY, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES H. ANDREWS, HARPER ANDREWS, and CAMPBELL ANDREWS, all of Kewanee, for appellant.

SHAW & CHAMBERLAIN, and MABEL W. BROWN, both of Geneseo, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal seeks a review of a judgment entered by the circuit court of Henry County wherein the plaintiff failed in his action for declaratory judgment to have fixed in him the title to a schoolhouse site located on his 120-acre farm.

The complaint herein was filed on October 13, 1949. It alleged that the plaintiff was the owner and in possession of a certain 120-acre tract...

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