City of East St. Louis v. Hackett

Citations

• 85 Ill. 382

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment—vw'diet must not be for more land than the proof shows title. Where the proof shows title in the plaintiff in ejectment for only a part of the land claimed in the declaration, a verdict finding the “ defendant guilty of unlawfully withholding, and that the plaintiff is seized in fee of the prem-</p> <p>ises in the declaration described,” can not he sustained, and this court will not reform the verdict and render judgment for the part to which the plaintiff has shown title.</p>