Supreme Court of the United States March 11, 1859 (Fenn v. Holme)

Mr. Justice DANIEL

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, as a citizen of the* State of Illinois,! instituted an action of ejectment against the plaintiff in the court above mentioned, and obtained a verdict and judgment against him for a tract of land, described in the declaration as a tract of land situated in St.