DeWitt v. Bradbury

Citations

• 94 Ill. 446

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment—proof of title by possession, claiming fee. Where a person goes into possession of land under a deed purporting to convey to him a title in fee simple, improves the same and continues to occupy the same up to his death, and in his will claims the land as his home place; a part of which he devises to his wife for life, proof of these facts by the wife in an action of ejectment by her is sufficient evidence of title to authorize a recovery. The claim of title need not necessarily be expressed in words. It may be shown by acts.</p>