IL 1850 Court Cases

Reports of Cases Determined
in the Supreme Court
of the State of Illinois

from November Term, 1850, to June Term, 1851, both inclusive

by E. Peck, Counsellor at Law

Volume XII

Reprinted from the Original Edition, with Annotations by
William Gordon McMillan
of the Chicago Bar

Callaghan & Company, Chicago, Ill.
1881

Table of Cases

Court Case	County	Page #
The County of Richland v. The County of Lawrence	Lawrence	1-9
Andrew Mather v. The People of the State of Illinois	Madison	9-14
The Governor of the State of Illinois, for the use, etc., v. Edward H. Ridgway, et al.	Jefferson	14-19
Arba Nelson v. Benjamin Godfrey	Madison	19-24
Darius Greenup v. William Stoker	Washington	24-27
Richard S. Adams v. Frederick Miller, et al.	Johnson	27-29
Benjamin Godfrey v. The City of Alton ~~ plat	Madison	29-37
The City of Alton v. The Illinois Transportation Company ~~ plat	Madison	37-63
John T. Knox, et al. v. James E. Breed	Franklin	63-64
John M. Wilson v. Nelson G. Nettleton	White	64-66
William H. Walter, impleaded, etc. v. Trustees of Schools for Town two south, Range two east, etc.	Jefferson	66-68
George M. Borah v. Thomas Curry and Jas. L. Owen	Wayne	68-71
Thomas Selby v. Philip Geines	Lawrence	72-74
James Woods v. David Dial, for the use of John Williams	Jefferson	74-77
Nathaniel Buckmaster v. John Cool	Madison	77-80
John Walsh v. The People of the State of Illinois	Randolph	80-81
Moise Toupin and others v. Olivier Gargnier	St. Clair	81-82
John Hahn v. Henry Ritter	St. Clair	83-86
Amy Davidson, administratrix, etc., et al. v. Benjamin Bond et al.	Clinton	87-88
John T. Knox et al. v. Daniel B. Light et al.	Franklin	89-90
William S. Burkett v. John Bond	Edwards	90-92
Hamilton Wade v. Nelson Wade and Harvey D. Brown	Perry	92-96
John Purcell v. Ninian T. Steele et al.	Crawford	96-99
Moses G. Atwood v. Albert G. Caldwell, et al.	Madison	99-102
Christian Keaggy v. Andrew Hite	Marion	102-105
The People of the State of Illinois, ex relatione Henry L. Brush, v. Joseph B. Wells, State Trustee of the Illinois and Michigan Canal	not stated	105-113
John Lee v. Stephen Abrams	Scott	115-125
John Williams et al., executors of George Trotter, deceased, v. Eli C. Blankenship et al., administrators of Archibald Trailor, deceased	Sangamon	125-128
William B. Warren v. George M. Chambers et al.	Morgan	128-132
John M. McConnel v. Joshua Gibson et al.	Cass	132-136
Samuel Wiggins v. Edward Lusk	Morgan	137-141
Inman H. Triplett v. David Scott	Hancock	141-142
The President and Trustees of the Town of Jacksonville v. Murray McConnel	Morgan	143-146
Nancy J. Turney, administratrix of the estate of J. Turney, deceased v. A. B. Gates	Jo Daviess	146-147
William W. Gallimore v. William T. Dazey et al.	Adams	147-151
Rescarick Ayers v. George M. Richards	Morgan	151-154
Harrison Sconce et al. v. James W. Whitney, administrator	Pike	155-156
The People for the use of Richard Markham et al. v. John White et al.	Scott	156-159
Trustees of Schools for Township Number Two, etc. v. Ezekiel Walters et al.	Brown	159-163
John E. Jackson v. William S. Bailey	McDonough	164-166
Ira Stout v. John Slattery	Adams	167-169
James Boorman v. William D. Freeman et al.	Morgan	170-171
Elisha B. Hitt v. Joseph W. Ormsbee et al.	Scott	172-175
William Hodson et al. v. Murray McConnel	Morgan	175-178
John A. Chesnut v. Ebenezer Marsh	Macoupin	178-188
David A. Smith et al., assignees, etc., v. James Dunlap	Sangamon	188-198
Thaddeus Eames, administrator, etc., v. David Blackhart	Henderson	199-202
Reuben Rowley v. George W. Berrian	Adams	202-207
Thomas Hollowbush et al. v. Murray McConnel et al.	Morgan	207-211
Nathaniel Buckmaster v. Simeon Ryder	Madison	211-219
Aaron Ray v. Kinsey Virgin	Mason	219-221
Ira Stout v. Edson Whitney	Adams	222-235
Nicholas Garland v. Isaac S. Britton	Sangamon	235-236
Henry McHenry v. Thomas Watkins	Cass	236-238
Ahijah Whitecraft et al. v. Horatio M. Vanderver	Christian	238-243
James Bloomer v. Matthias B. Denman	Adams	243-251
The Board of Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal v. The People ex relatione John V. A. Hoes and others	La Salle	251-258
Susan P. Enos et al. v. Jabez Capps	Sangamon	258-261
Joshua W. Jones v. The People	Scott	262-263
Elizabeth Hamilton et al. v. Winthrop C. Gilman et al.	Sangamon	263-264
Jonathan Prior v. Joseph White	Hancock	264-270
The County of Greene v. Moses O. Bledsoe	Pike	270-276
Paris Mason, for use of Sarah Mason, Guardian of Martha M. Mason, v. Tarleton F. Brock	Jersey	276-280
T. S. Brockman v. William Aulger and Sidney Parker	Brown	281-284
The People v. Henry M. Smith et al.	Pulaski	284-286
Abraham N. Ward v. William M. Owens	Cumberland	286-287
Hathaway Linton, administrator, etc., of Royal A. Nott, deceased, v. Valentine S. Anglin	Clark	287-288
Albert G. Carlo v. The People	Champaign	288-290
Thomas Penny v. Martin Graves, assignee of John White	Sangamon	290-293
William Compher et al. v. The People	Tazewell	293-301
William T. Major v. M. H. Hawkes et al.	McLean	301-303
Robert Dawson v. Abel Harrington	Brown	303-305
Bela C. Webster et al. v. Augustus C. French et al.	Sangamon	305-309
The People, ex relatione Mark Skinner, v. The Auditor	not stated	310-319
Charles Ballance v. James McFadden	Peoria	321-328
Andrew Gray v. James McFadden	Peoria	328-330
Charles Ballance v. Edward P. Tesson et al.	Peoria	330-337
John Rankin v. Alfred G. Curtenius et al.	Peoria	337-339
John Buchenau v. Patrick Horney	La Salle	340-342
The President and Trustees of the Town of Ottawa v. The County of La Salle	La Salle	343-345
John Hamlin, administrator, etc., v. Francis P. Kingsley	Peoria	345-347
William Fisher v. Levi S. Clisbee	Marshall	347-356
George A. Crook v. George H. Taylor	Peoria	356-358
John F. Gilpatrick for the use of Joseph Cogwill v. George Foster	Jo Daviess	358-360
Marshall B. Pierce v. Charles G. Carleton et al.	Jo Daviess	361-369
Richard C. Ross et al. v. The City of Chicago	Cook	369-371
Eber B. Ward et al. v. Oney Salisbury	Cook	371-374
Thomas Bell et al. v. Henry Sheldon et al.	McHenry	374-375
John E. Dow, impleaded with William Dow, v. Samuel Rattle	McHenry	375-376
Jonathan Weldon v. William Burch et al.	Winnebago	376-380
Reuben Vose et al. v. James Hart	Lake	380-381
Lester H. Magher, survivor, etc., v. Calvin W. Howe et al.	McHenry	381-383
Rezin Wilcoxon v. Thomas McGhee	Stephenson	384-389
Robert J. Cassell v. Elisha Williams	Woodford	389-392
The People, ex relatione William K. Stephenson, v. Samuel S. Marshall, Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Court	Gallatin/Saline	393-398
James Dufield v. Elisha A. Cross	McHenry	399-400
James Dunlap v. David A. Smith, et al., assignees of the Bank of Illinois	Sangamon	401-405
The Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, et al., v. The City of Chicago	Cook	405-409
William Hudson v. Charles M. Dickinson	Lee	409-410
John Spellman et al. v. Alfred G. Curtenius	Peoria	411-418
Charles Ballance v. Alfred G. Curtenius et al.	Peoria	418-419
Peter Schuttler v. William Piatt	Cook	419-422
Charles Ballance v. John Rankin	Peoria	422-426
Vivian B. Holmes v. Amelia D. Field, by B. S. Pettyman, her next friend	Mason	426-433
The Trustees of Schools v. John S. Wright et al.	La Salle	434-444
Francis Voris et al. v. Joseph J. Thomas	Peoria	444-447
Martin Tubbs v. Abby Van Kleek	Kendall	448-453
Hiram Foster v. Joseph J. Jared	Warren	453-458
David L. Hough v. Harvey Leonard	La Salle	458-459
Mariah L. Smith, executrix, etc., v. Archibald P. Dysart	Putnam	460
Samuel P. Bailey et al. v. J. E. Hardy	Tazewell	461-462
Jonathan Welden et al. v. Thompson W. Francis	Winnebago	462-464
Orrin Smith et al. v. Robert S. Harris et al.	Jo Daviess	465-469
William W. Low v. Samuel Freeman et al.	Stark	470-472
Isaac Walker et al. v. Joseph Ellis	Peoria	473-479
Hervey Lowe v. William S. Moss	La Salle	479-482
The Board of Supervisors of the County of the La Salle v. The Town of South Ottawa	La Salle	482-484
Terah B. Farnsworth, impleaded, etc., v. John Strasler et al., administrators, etc.	Jo Daviess	485-490
The Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal v. Daniel Brainard	Cook	490-523
The Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal v. Thomas Dyer et al.	Cook	523-524
The United States v. E. C. Duncan et al.	not stated	525-546

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