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MOORE v. BROWN ET AL.

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52 U.S. 414 (1851)

11 How. 414

13 L.Ed. 751

JOSHUA J. MOORE, PLAINTIFF, v. JAMES BROWN, ALFRED BROWN, HARMON HOGAN, AND JOSEPH FROWARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 11, 1851.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued for the plaintiff in a printed argument prepared by A. Williams, Esq., who was not an attorney of this court, and therefore the argument was adopted and signed by Mr. Butterfield. No counsel appeared for the defendants.

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon the trial of the cause, after the plaintiff had introduced his testimony and rested his case upon it, the defendants, in order to bring themselves within the limitation act of Illinois, passed in 1835, offered in evidence as the foundation of their title a deed from the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois. It purports to have been executed by virtue...

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