Illinois Supreme Court February 19, 1900 (Zilch v. Young)

Mr. Justice Magruder

delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant did not prove upon the trial in the court below, that he was the owner of the government or paramount title to the premises in controversy. Nor did he show that he had been in adverse possession of the premises for a period of twenty years, so as to establish title under the twenty years’ limitation law.