BERRY v. LEWIS

No. 37316.

27 Ill.2d 61 (1963)

187 N.E.2d 688

J.C. BERRY et al., Appellants, v. TRUDIE B. LEWIS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 1, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BRADY, DONOVAN & HATCH, of East St. Louis, (VINCENT J. HATCH, of counsel,) for appellants.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The purchasers at a partition sale of real estate described as lot 19, block 2, of a certain subdivision brought ejectment in the circuit court of St. Clair County to recover possession and damages for withholding it. Defendants filed a counterclaim alleging that an adjoining parcel (lot 18), which they also owned, was the one intended to be partitioned, and that the subject property...

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