Illinois Supreme Court December 15, 1845 (Doe ex dem. Frisby v. Ballance)

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Scates, J.*

Ejectment. After reading to the jury a Patent from the United States to one John L. Bogardus, bearing date the 5th day of January, 1838, for the premises in question, the plaintiffs offered to read in evidence a deed from said Bogardus to one Isaac Underhill for the same premises. To this the Court sustained the defendant’s objection.