BEAVER v. TAYLOR ET AL.


93 U.S. 46 (____)

BEAVER v. TAYLOR ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on printed argument by Mr. Lyman Trumbull for the defendants in error. No counsel appeared for the plaintiff in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was ejectment to recover an undivided interest in certain lands situate in Cairo, Ill. The defence was actual possession under claim and color of title for seven successive years, and payment during that period of all taxes legally assessed upon the premises claimed. Rev. Stat. of Ill., 1874, p. 674.

Evidence was given sustaining the defence, and a verdict by the jury was rendered in favor of...

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