Pensoneau v. Bertke

Citations

• 82 Ill. 161

Syllabus

<p>Forcible entry and detainer—what possession necessary to enable plaintiff to maintain. In an action of forcible entry and detainer for the possession of a tract of timber land, the plaintiff proved that he had in cultivation two tracts of land, one adjoining the timber land and the other about a mile and a half from it; that fire wood for the use of both farms was cut from the timber land; that he had a deed for the timber land, and had paid taxes and cut timber on the land in dispute for twenty years: Held, this was sufficient evidence of possession to sustain an action of forcible entry and detainer.</p>